cultivating a sustainable life
The smallest hint of a garden has begun popping up around the house, as the bulbs I planted a month or so ago have recently started to bloom.These varieties will naturalize and spread, and should eventually blanket the hillside with blooms. It’s not much, but …
We did it!! We managed to wire two complete circuits and get them both working! That’s a happy man you see before you – I hate to think what his expression would have been like if nothing had happened when he flicked that switch! We’ve …
We got started on the house wrap on Saturday, but we quickly became too short for the job… …the rest is on hold until we get either taller ladders or scaffolding. I wired my very first electrical outlet today! Only 200 or so left to …
First off, thanks for your nice comments about my little dresser project. I’m sorry that I haven’t been responding to each of you individually as much as I’d like, and I promise to be better about it when things settle down a bit! Speaking of …
Whew! Things are starting to fly along at lightening speed around here! We’re in a rush to find things like fixtures so that the plumbing rough-in can happen (it’s starting this weekend!), as well as finalizing a few other things. We bought two of our …
First off, thank you all so much for your input regarding appliances, it was a huge help! It sounds like the consensus is to go with white, and I think I’ve found the ones that I want (more on that later). I saw an ad …
I’m afraid you’re going to have to bear with me for the next few weeks (months) while I’m unable to think of anything but “house”. I hope to be back to regular gardening and cooking posts before too long. The main floor of our house …
I don’t know if there’s anyone coming around here after I’ve taken such a long and unexpected hiatus, but if you’re reading this, thanks for stopping by! No, I haven’t been busy working on our house, things are only just getting underway now. As I …
