Today was a big day

This morning our goal was to progress as far as possible today on the greenhouse construction. The slab turned out very well and it doesn’t seem like we’re going to have any problems there so we went to Hornbach (our version of Home Depot) this morning to...

Where’s our tree at?

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 yuppie in us loves this

We eat a lot of pasta and there is nothing like fresh pasta. So we figure that an investment into a pasta machine wouldn’t be such a bad idea. But we are picky and if we buy something, we want it to be something we’re going to love and get the most out of...

Plans for tomorrow

When we bought the framework for the greenhouse foundation today, we also ordered 35 bags of cement to be delivered. They told us we could have it delivered on Thursday but we’ve been playing with the idea of picking it up ourselves in the Defender. It would...

Hubby’s new toy

We started our fun filled week of gardening at the local home improvement store, where we picked up the dozens of things we need to build the greenhouse. Among them was a miter saw, which we will need to build various things around the farm. Hubby already had a jig...