Last weekend, while Tool Lady was out of town visiting family in STL, I decided to take all of the books off of the bookshelves in the Guest Room/Nursery-in-the-making and transfer them downstairs and onto the bookshelves in the Living Room. Let me just tell you…I completely under-estimated how much…
It’s been a while since I’ve given an update on my 101 in 1001 list, so I figured t was about time. The items on the list that have been accomplished are marked in red. The rest (yes, all of the rest), has yet to be completed. It’s a good…
Happy New Year, everyone! I trust you all are relaxing, reflecting and looking forward to all of the possibilities the 2013 has in store for each of us. Speaking of reflections…Since officially finishing school on December 17th, I’ve found myself feeling a bit resistant to being online all the time.…
Last summer, I was given a couple of packets of heirloom tomato seeds by a friend/co-worker. I couldn’t think of a better gift! One of those packets contained a few tiny Barnes Mountain Yellow Tomato seeds! I had never before heard of such a thing, was super excited to try…
Happy Monday everyone!!! I didn’t take many pictures this week (I was too busy taking pictures of our guests and the shenanigans that occurred with said guests 😉 ). Luckily, the lack of pictures is not representative of what’s actually coming in from the garden! While the tomato tally is lower this…
Well, we have been officially freezing’ our buns for the last month, but the real challenge has popped up over the last several days! With temps falling below zero a few nights in a row (which seems to be turning into a new norm, here…at least after last February’s record…
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, as part of the 2011 Growing Challenge, we are growing broccoli for the first time ever. Guess what? It worked! Today I got to harvest our very first broccoli from the garden! I’ve learned that, to ensure that you’re broccoli is ready for…
With the sun shining brightly above us and no more freezing temperatures forecast for at least the next several days, ice crystals and snow seem so very far away…but I know they’re coming (and am hopeful they’ll make for some more beautiful photos)! Well, after much family discussion, we’ve decided to…