Back Door Eyesore: DIY Trellis to the Rescue!
As a homeowner, I rarely make a move around the old place without hearing an unsolicited (and often times smug) inner voice prodding me to take action and complete...
Life Lessons From the Month of July
As an admirer of Joseph Campbell, I've always loved an axiom he shared in one of his early essays, "Why would you fish for...
Some Fine Seasonal Workers, Indeed
My old farmhouse has a history of housing seasonal workers, or so states a 1917 sale pamphlet, "Upstairs there are two large sleeping porches, suitable for...
Bulldog Wisdom: The World According to Boz
He's not just a pretty face. My English Bulldog Boz also seems to have all the answers; and so I feel it is my duty...
Good Morning, Fourth of July!
Awaiting the arrival of the mini-hydroplanes, I'm on the porch with Boz. It's 5:28 a.m. and while I can't see the little waterborne wasps,...
5 Things I Learned This Week: Entry 1
Lesson 1: Early mornings can be magical.
The clock reveals an early hour, and yet I feel rested. Birds court through song. Boz snores deeply...
Gardening Tip: Shredded Paper as Garden Mulch
Junk mail and newspapers are two of my best crops, sprouting up everywhere inside the house, covering surfaces like kudzu. Solution: shredded paper as...
True Confessions as a Smartphone Laggard
Early adopter I am not. Here it is 2014, and I have yet to embrace the smartphone and the technology that spread like a virus...
Best Plants for Pollinators: Tips and Regional Guides
Plants for Pollinators, Info for Gardeners
No doubt, I am the largest, most flightless, furless bumblebee around, but a man's got to do what a...
Love From Scratch: Adam, Megan and Snapdragon Bakery
A short walk down the road from me, in a house just as charming as its residents, Megan and Adam live a love story that...
