What I Learned from Dog-Sitting for a Week

This past week, a kind neighbor asked if my children would like to dog-sit for a week while their family was on vacation.ย  We have talked about getting a dog sometime in the future and thought this would be a great test-run for us to …

Braiding the Daffodils

We had a beautiful ring of daffodils around our front tree this year. I can’t take credit for it. The previous owners put this in and it comes back year after year, thrilling my daughters with its blooms. After the blooming, however, the greenery starts …

Garden Status Report – Native Plants

This month I am out in the garden pulling weeds, planting, mulching, watering and trying to take a high level view on how my efforts are going so far. Almost two years ago, I gave an overview of the Virginia native plants I was trying …

Patio Furniture Update Tip: Wrought Iron Furniture Caps

Despite celebrating Easter and being on Spring Break, I am still making some progress on my unfinished yard and garden tasks. One of my leftover projects is to finish transforming the patio furniture skeletons in my yard into hammock-style pieces like I showed last year. …

Easter Highlights Plus Non-Sugar Alternative Easter Goodies

This week I am on spring break so my posting schedule will be a bit relaxed as we take a rare moment to stop and smell the roses and enjoy time with family. I hope you have the opportunity to do the same. We celebrated …