Spring has officially arrived, and I couldn’t be happier. The perennials have begun to pop, the bulbs have been pushing up their green sprigs, the grass is starting to turn it’s luscious spring green, the mud is starting to dry out, the crocus are about to bloom, and all the seedlings growing under the lights in the basement are ready for transplanting.
Do you have stacks of magazines filled with great tips for the shop, yard or house? I know I do. The problem is that when I’m ready to start cutting up lumber for a project or prepping walls for painting, I'm not going to go through a stack of magazines for tips to make the job go easier.
Photo by Judith Hausman I used leftover chicken and a combination of vegetables to make this late-winter pot pie. The very first blog entry I posted as the Hungry Locavore was about the eating doldrums of late winter. And here we are again. The winter vegetables have lost their charm, only the pachysandra has managed to […]
Courtesy Jeffrey Hamilton/Stockbyte/Thinkstock In addition to turning out the lights for Earth Hour, people around the world are doing other things to increase their level of sustainability. For one hour on March 26, 2011, peoples’ thoughts and actions will be geared toward one topic: protecting the Earth. People around the world, including businesses, governments and […]
Use these tips for what to do when you're faced with a canning conundrum.
This recipe teams asparagus with mushrooms and leeks for a different take on lasagna.
Photo by Audrey Pavia My hens like to lay their eggs where I can’t reach them. Sometimes I feel like there is a conspiracy going on in my barnyard. At the risk of sounding paranoid, I occasionally sense that my critters get together behind my back and try to figure out ways to make my […]
Pre-spring in the garden brings out some of my favorite blue-colored flowers. In addition to the regular irises and two kinds of bluebells, the garden is currently loaded with volunteer borage plants and the two big patches of evansia irises.
Courtesy Dave Jenike The Cincinnati Zoo’s solar canopy, dubbed the largest urban solar array, will begin reducing the zoo’s carbon footprint beginning in April. Taking a trip to the Cincinnati Zoo this year is going to be a lot cooler for visitors. Up to 800 cars at a time will be able to park in the […]
What an amazing sight the Philadelphia Flower Show was! Because pictures are worth a thousand words, I’ll shut up now and you can some of my favorite images from the show.
To put your framing square to work, you need to know the parts. A typical square has a face (the side with the manufacturer’s logo), a tongue (the shorter and narrower 16- by 1½-inch arm) and a blade (the longer and wider 24- by 2-inch arm). The heel is where the two arms meet.
