I've posted here before about how I’m a sucker for interesting plant forms. Well, I've got two more fascinating plants to tell you about that are special because of their funky growth habits.
Do you remember when I made mention of a "future” upstairs. Well, it’s no longer a phase to be completed at our leisure.
Before transplanting an old barn onto or away from your property, note these five considerations that could affect the moving process.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. ~Henry David Thoreau
I learned an interesting lesson this summer: Not all hummingbird feeders are created equal.
While originally drawn to the pristine hot springs and ancient old-growth forest of Breitenbush Hot Springs, located about 1.5 hours outside Portland, Ore., we savored every last morsel of their vegetarian and mostly organic meals.
Photo by Judith Hausman A chilled string-bean salad cools down a hot summer afternoon. Cool or room-temperature dishes are all we want during a heat wave. Honestly, it’s still a little early for string beans out here in the East, but this mustard sauce is wonderful on top of any number of lightly cooked […]
Expanding the floor plan on our farmhouse offered more than its fair share of challenges. One such challenge was tying the existing walls of the original structure into the new walls of the expansion.
Think cover crops are just for mega-farms? These five crops will return nutrients to your backyard garden’s soil and keep weeds at bay.
Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers … or maybe they were fermented. Can’t tell the difference? Here’s how.
You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism. ~Erma Bombeck
