I lost this site, and then just recently ran across it again and knew I had to share: It’s the Grow Guide from Weekend Gardener. It’s just what the wanna-be-organized-gardener needs in order to be able to juggle the sowing, hardening, and transplanting dates of a bazillion different veggies: For spring vegetable garden planning, select […]
Our little weeping cherry is in its third spring with us, and looks like it’s enjoying itself considerably. This is the best spring show yet – I’m kind of sad that we won’t be around here for too many more years to see what it might eventually grow to look like. We’ve been lucky so […]
My mead has been in the making since October, and it’s still not done! A Goblet of Mead, Makovsky Thinking for sure it’d be nearly ready for bottling after six months fermentation, I racked it to secondary tonight (siphoned it off the dead-yeast sediment at the bottom into another container) and ended up a bit […]
NOM NOM NOM I got this recipe from my mother-in-law a few years ago. Biscuity, buttery, not-over-sweet, these maple scones are probably my favorite breakfast treat. I made them yesterday for a potluck and they were all snatched up! I had left these three at home in case that happened, so I’d have a few […]
Yay! Even the newest tulips I planted have formed buds! This particular one is an “El Nino” tulip. I could only afford about ten of them this year (because of all the other bulbs that I also bought, including, oh, 25 Daydream tulips!), but I hope they’ll be fruitful and multiply and eventually form what’s […]
Whenever I moan too much about how long winter is and when is spring coming and I’m sick and tired of grey weather, blah blah blah, I eventually end up being reminded that I really don’t have it all that badly (can we say “Canada”? Check out all the snow posted at Yarn Harlot!) and […]
I know I don’t usually post videos, let alone three in one day! But I found this one so beautiful that I just had to share it with you. Iron and Wine plays “Boy with a Coin” and is accompanied a group of breathtakingly talented flamenco dancers. If you love dance at all, watch this […]
Go here to see all of them in different categories such as comedy, inspirational, music, etc. But I have two definite favorites! 1) The Eyewitness category film “Battle at Kruger”, which is so amazing that it’s totally worth watching all the way through: 2) And the Comedy category film “Potter Puppet Pals in ‘The Mysterious […]
And the prize for most creative spelling of my last name goes to: Prestige Auto Glass, who came over to replace my old cracked windshield with impressive alacrity. Apparently (even after three repeated iterations of the correct spelling over the phone – I can only imagine how creative they would have been if I hadn’t […]
Poor Taco is awash in yarn already, and not even born. All part of my nefarious plan to make the baby a knitter like me. It’s made of “baby bamboo” (yes, spun bamboo) and is a polka dot pattern by Sublime. Bamboo is one of my very favorite fibers to knit with; as soft as […]