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The readers of this blog have saved my bacon (and at least part of my sanity) more than once, and I think you’ve all done it again. I am downright impetuous when it comes to some things, and paint colors are a big trigger for me. A couple years ago I painted my front door and less than a month …
The only time I’ve hired a painter was when I didn’t have the equipment to do the job. The ceilings in the living room required serious scaffolding and the kitchen cabinets had to be professionally sprayed. In the case of the garage, the only thing I was missing was time. I could have scraped that beast myself, but I really …
One of the luxuries of having a large yard with lots of room to garden is that almost every plant can have a place in it somewhere. Even if you don’t particularly like a specific plant, you can usually find an out of the way corner that needs a few plants. As far as I can recall, I have only …
Consider this photo your annual reminder to never, ever plant mint directly in the ground. It will take over your garden, your yard, your life. That doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t plant mint. It is an absolutely lovely herb that is useful for so many things. Just plant it smartly. This was a small spearmint plant in a 3.5 pot …
Creepy crawlies are as much as part of gardening as soil and sun. Gardeners tend to have different views on such things, some taking as much interest in the bugs as the flowers and heralding the sight of a helpful critter as much as prize-winning tomato. Others abhor the little buggers. I remember reading a gardening forum post once in …
There are so many things happening in the garden at this time of year. Sometimes I feel like I mention something and then completely forget to give you an update on it. So today I’m tying up a few loose ends. GARDEN CLEANUP A couple weeks ago I mentioned my new strategy for getting the garden in shape: Take one …
I’ve finally finished planting all of my containers for this year. The weather since they’ve been in has not been great so they are not filling in as quickly as one would hope, but they’ll get there, I’m sure. I thought it would fun to see how they change throughout the summer, so I’ll try to check in with them …
Today’s post was supposed to be about the containers I planted this year, but somewhere along the line, the photos didn’t stay in it. So you can check that out tomorrow. In the meantime, I offer a weather update, which can be summed up in one word: rain. It rained Monday night and then again all last night. Then it …
