New Year’s Anti-resolutions

This year has begun the same way last year ended: I'm behind. My intentions - like that of most other bloggers - are pretty straightforward. Most of us try and get a new post up every couple of weeks, if not weekly. My record does not reflect my intentions. Yes, it's been a crazy year...…

Build a crate coffee table

This week I'm working on projects at my daughter's house as we await the imminent arrival of my 1st grandchild. Her nesting has created a long list of honey-do's and momma-do's and at the top of her list was something she'd seen on Pinterest: an exterior coffee table made of wooden crates. Upon visiting the Abilene,…

Garden gypsies love change!

We've moved. Again. For the last time. Again. People ask "how can you leave your gorgeous garden?" Those people don't know me. I'm a garden gypsy. When I get close to being finished, it is time to move on and find a new challenge. It's difficult to see things objectively with your own child. Someone says "oh,…

Planting seeds straight into the ground

Lately, I've gotten several questions about the best way to start seeds in the ground, also called straight sown seeds. (Of course, I don't DO straight lines, so that is a bit of an oxymoron at my house.....)  I don't know that my way is the BEST, but it works well for me.  I'm open…

To pool or NOT to pool……is that the question?

Yep. That's the appropriate question. But how you come to a conclusion might be more important than the question itself. Working with my landscaping clients over the last two decades in deciding whether or not they NEED a pool, the answer is easy: no.  No one needs a pool; pools are a luxury.  (I have…