Yesterday it was so hot I had to water my containers three times. I would look out and see plants withering in the heat. I thought getting most of my plants off the concrete onto plant caddies would help with that. But the problem is, we went from cool to suddenly very hot. Yesterday itRead More
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How To Clean Your Washing Machine Naturally & Other Tidbits
I just got off the phone with Kendra. She said they’ve been enjoying lots of fresh carrots and tomatoes. She planted her veggies earlier than I did so her plants were way ahead of mine. This is her first garden so she should feel proud of her efforts. My tomatoes are still not quite theRead More
A Sad Story & A Funny Story
Small white/beige caterpillars have been eating all the leaves off my big pot of peppermint outside by the French doors. This morning I went out and cut the peppermint way back and hope they won’t come back. I couldn’t stand looking at the thing with leaves fast disappearing. Insects of some variety are eating theRead More
Fixing The Cord On The Fountain
Kendra came by yesterday afternoon after meeting with the guy she hires to help her with structural details on her flip houses, and fixed the cord to my fountain. She brought her drill and figured out a way to disguise the black cord while still allowing a way for me to unplug the fountain andRead More
Family Matters
Well I was just sitting here drinking my coffee and checking emails. And I saw that I had an email from my oldest daughter, Kendra, 13 hours before. It said that Kasi, my younger daughter, had a bad accident working out in the garage yesterday afternoon and broke her wrist. Of course I immediately calledRead More