We finally got in some climbing
As you might have guessed, we’re already home and have been for over a week now. But we didn’t get around to writing anything on Sunday or Monday because we were busy doing some climbing and then driving home. Sunday morning we got up and went to have breakfast and then try once again to […]
Our ideal garden – Vegetables
There are many, many things we want to grow and have thought about growing in our garden…so we figured we’d start of list of everything we have and want to have, making notes about where it can be grown, if we’ll need to have space for it in the greenhouse and other growing tips we’ve […]
Make your own hypertufa garden planters & dividers
When my mom was here over Christmas, she was telling me that she had found a recipe online to make her own planters. I was immediately intrigued since terracotta is pretty pricey and there is still the fear of it cracking, not to mention how heavy it is…and the plastic versions just aren’t even remotely […]
Contractors that just don’t show
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. Our basic guess is that they redid […]
Back to work as usual
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. We’re going to make a run for the lumber tomorrow night […]