I am a fool for heavy pots—I mean containers. Clay pots, iron pots, wooden pots, concrete pots. I like pots that won’t blow away in the wind and that make you think twice about rearrangin...
2012 is the year of My DIY Summer. That’s right. If I can do it myself, I’m doing it myself. I am going to be digging, building, painting, fixing and whatever for the next few months. By ...
Some people are just born clever and handy. These are the people who don’t fear the sound of power tools or those long, scary aisles of bits and pieces in the hardware store. They have DIY in t...
I had my Mother’s Day breakfast outside this morning in the potager. My gardening companion was one of my Papillon babies, Sophie. The company was charming and the view was beautiful. Happy Mot...
We have been on a planting orgy around here. Not only is this the time of year when most of the vegetable seeds and seedlings go into the potager, we have also embarked on a major campaign to add mor...
May Day! May Day! Calm down. No one’s in distress here by the Chesapeake Bay. It’s just May 1—May Day! A little trip over to Wikipedia enlightened me about this very special day. Ap...
It was a bad day Chez Bumblebee. First, the chicken flock is very put out that I decided not to indulge their daily afternoon walkabout routine. They complained loudly when I went out to the coop to ...
A few years ago my then-teenage son convinced me to watch the movie Snakes on a Plane. It’s a movie about—you guessed it—snakes on a plane. Despite the fact that it was an incredibl...
Each season around my garden seems to be dominated by a particular color or two. Fall is golden yellows and reds. Winter is shades of brown and grey, occasionally punctuated by the white of snow. Onc...
Today I am grateful that in this country I have the opportunity to voice my opinion without fear of being imprisoned, tortured or having my house burned down and family beaten. I am grateful for the ...
My heart has had a roller coaster ride the past couple of weeks. People and pets I love have gone through major surgery and are, happily, recovering. My pet I will tell you about… Sophie is the...
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Did I tell you I have a new website with blog? Guess what it’s about. Bingo! Eggs & Chickens! The chickens in hardhats are still working on building stuff, but the blog is up and running. ...
It could be that I have a truly horrid memory. But it’s also quite possible that nature is just messing with me. See, it seems every spring something out there in my garden takes on a life of i...
Today I am grateful for a gorgeous 70 degree day. I am pleased I was able to run and stretch and drink in the fresh air and sunshine while watching the cedar waxwings and looking at the daffodils and...
I was at a family funeral last week. Yes, a sad day. As my husband and I were getting into our car to join the procession to the cemetery, I grabbed a couple of bottles from the back seat and tucked ...
Do you Pinterest? I resisted for the longest time. I mean, between Facebook, Twitter, yadda, yadda…Who has time? Well, the lure was just too much. But I learned that I can dip my toe in for 20 ...
A byproduct of living in the country is that you spend a goodly amount of time looking out the windows. When I am in the upstairs bedroom I can look out onto the chickens in their outdoor run. The pa...
Most days, following a brief period of coffee and news consumption, I launch into a caffeine-inspired frenzy of laundry, house tidying, email, writing and client-related or other work. Now that we ar...
Today was Sophie and Sarah’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. They went to the vet to have their teeth cleaned. Sophie came out a few teeth lighter. Both are very tired, hungry, needy...
Harry (entering the house): What is that horrible smell? Me: Smell? You mean dinner? Harry: No, worse than that. It smells like Sarah was sprayed by a skunk again. Did she? Me: No skunk. Now that you...
Another Monday. Harry and I spent the better part of the weekend painting the master bedroom. We traded off between rolling and detail work and we both made our fair share of messes. For a while Soph...
If you’re in the neighborhood and just happen to have your paintbrush and paint clothes with you, stop on by. Harry and I are taking the day off from work to start painting the master bedroom. ...
Happy Groundhog Day! What are you doing to celebrate? We’ll have a special dinner of NOT groundhog. Dinner will be a special pasta (TBD) and some yummy homemade yeast rolls. Then we’ll pu...
I have never done a Wordless Wednesday before. (Wait! Am I supposed to credit someone for ‘Wordless Wednesday?’ I don’t want to get in trouble with the garden blog police!) But toda...
Working from a home office is not always what it’s cracked up to be. I have a lousy IT department (me). Interruptions range from barking dogs to crowing roosters. I hear my business phone ring ...
It’s cold here with a bit of ice and snow on the ground. The hens hate it. There was a huge, chicken-y traffic jam at their window/door this morning. As I opened it three hens bolted outside. B...
For most folks, when friends come to visit for a couple of days they’ll send a little note of thanks when they get home. When your friend is a garden blogger, they’ll blog about your gard...
Today is bottling day. I have had some hard apple cider aging in the basement for a while now. I’m going to add a bit of sugar to it to carbonate it before putting it into stopper bottles. If y...
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