Every year a lot of households locally and globally decorate their homes with a wreath of some kind usually hanging on the exterior of their front doors or inside their home above a fireplace mantle or going up a staircase. Some even mount a wreath on the front grill of their car or truck to […]
If you grow vertically, you can squeeze more crops into less space. The best book I’ve found to date on the subject is “How to Grow More Vegetables, (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine” by John Jeavons. What if you have […]
We are well into fall with winter just around the corner and so far, it has been everything under the rainbow. Sunny, rainy, stormy, windy, calm, blustery, warm, and cold. Waiting for our first frost but in no hurry! I always look forward to all the seasons out here on the coast. The fall colors […]
It looks like another amazing year for our community garden! I personally have had the pleasure to be involved with this garden from inception as one of the founders, as a board member, and as a volunteer. I never knew I could be a gardener, let alone be a part of helping a community garden […]
More homeowners are looking for alternative ways to landscape their homes for a variety of reasons, including a concern for conserving water, the high cost and labor of maintaining a lawn, the repeated use of fertilizers and herbicides, and often to replace lawns just not doing well or dying under trees. There are many alternatives […]
It’s easy to fall in love with houseplants with the added color and texture they bring into your home. They certainly can provide calmness to a room to help relieve any stress from your day and improve the air quality throughout your spaces. All of which can improve your health and mind. Houseplants do not […]