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Contractors that just don’t show

Apr 16, 2007 | House & Home

We posted about a month ago that we had gotten a bid from Macky, our general contractor, about redoing the plaster around the base of the house in the courtyard. It’s especially bad near the front door where the water bounces off the stairs and onto the wall....

Back to work as usual

Apr 16, 2007 | Homesteading Life

Sadly, hubby’s vacation is already over and there is still plenty to be done around here. But we did make very good progress in the garden and are working ourselves up to starting and hopefully even finishing the construction of the greenhouse this weekend....

My, what a big bone you’ve got

Apr 16, 2007 | Pets

Ayla’s fur mommy and sister came to play yesterday! Which meant the day started with a bit of brushing. We don’t do it nearly often enough lately, especially when Ayla’s damp (which is often) so I was hoping we wouldn’t get yelled out or...

Where’s our tree at?

Apr 16, 2007 | Garden

A little over a month ago, we posted that we ordered an oleander tree to put in one of the planters at the front of the house. Unfortunately, the tree is not here yet and we were starting to wonder if one of the neighbors received it and didn’t want to give it...

The Mouse Hunter

Apr 16, 2007 | Homesteading Life, Pets

Although we’ve been trying to deny it, we have a small mouse problem here on the farm. Although we live in a small city (it’s more of a town really with a population of around 1000 people) and there are houses all around us, most of the farms are...