Outdoor fires are so hot right now

by | Aug 10, 2007 | Garden

I saw this extremely cool tutorial on how to build your own outdoor fire pit and I’m wondering where we could set one of these up without needing to move it…which of course would be impossible the way this thing is constructed. But I suppose it could work...

Tomatoes galore

by | Jul 24, 2007 | Garden

So far, everything is still thriving in the greenhouse and our tomatoes are now showing some massive signs of life. Here’s a general view when you glance in the direction of the tomatoes….As you can probably notice (click on the image to make it larger),...
Our new fig tree and how to grow figs

Our new fig tree and how to grow figs

by | Jul 19, 2007 | Garden

I can’t believe I didn’t write about this sooner but I guess I’ve had other things on my mind… When Stefan’s family was here two weeks ago, his aunt brought us a lovely little fig tree. It has several figs on it and I would say that they...

Our venture into gooseberry wine

by | Jul 19, 2007 | DIY, Garden, House & Home

I figure it’s about time for an update about the gooseberry wine we are attempting to create. In case you missed our first post, you can read it here.Did I mention we won’t be able to drink it for a year? Woohoo 🙂 Which is actually one of the reasons we...

Let there be a lettuce fest!!

by | Jul 18, 2007 | Garden

After the first 12 lettuce plants we had were promptly eaten by slugs as soon as they hit the ground, we have decided that we are not yet ready to give up. I mentioned before that we found some lettuce plants at Sunflower garden center two weekends ago and we have...

Our first batch of wine

by | Jul 13, 2007 | Garden

We started making our first batch of wine last week from some of the gooseberries in our yard. We stopped in Hornbach (home improvement store) really quickly, sort of by accident, because we knew there was an ATM inside the store and couldn’t seem to find one...