The current state of our garden

Although we have made some progress in the garden over the past month or so, we still have a whole lot of work to do. We thought we would post a quick video update just to let you see what we have done and how some of the plants are coming along in the greenhouse and...

Create your own beverage garden

We have lots of space for herbs in our garden and several herbs are already thriving there. Our lavender bushes have come back nicely and even the small one I moved is starting to show some signs of life. The bay leaves we transplanted are also doing very well and we...

We’ve been attacked

There is no need for panic. We haven’t personally been attacked. But our swallows have. We have 7 nests around the courtyard. A majority of them are in a covered pass through which we never have open. Two more are over in front of the horse stalls and what will...

Self-Reliant Searches Vol. 2

I intended to post this yesterday since I was a bit under the weather on Thursday…but I just didn’t make it. But here they are nonetheless… 🙂 self waters diy tomatoes Well, I interpret this to mean someone must want to set up tomato plants with some...

Ayla’s Awesome Assays :) Vol 1

I’ve actually been wanting to do this for a while because I love reading the searches that lead to places like Nanook’s blog but I just haven’t gotten around to it… Today I am couch-bound because I had dental surgery yesterday and am not really...