animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

dead fish

I took a look at the pond yesterday and was pleased to see a couple of larger goldfish swimming near the surface (I don’t know how this happens, but the fish always look bigger after the winter). I noticed that the netting needed adjusted so I went out back to …

hydroponics

I can’t believe I didn’t post about this earlier, but I’m trying out hydroponics this winter. I have two areas set up in my basement–one for smaller plants and another for larger ones. I planted two tomatoes, one cuke, one pepper, some lettuce, basil, and parsley. I have the smaller …

in a rush

In the slowest moving year ever, how is it the middle of August already? I’ve been spending the evenings and weekends trying to tackle some outside (both yard and house) projects. Hopefully we’ll have a nice September so I can continue working for a bit. Of course, there won’t be …

hot, hot, hot

It has been very hot outside. This hasn’t stopped me from doing things in the yard in the evening because stuff needs to be done. I finally finished mulching and weeding the pond hillside, for one. And I did remove some more ivy from the shed area. I had to …