Yesterday, after the little guy went home (my grandson), I spent some time in the garden, whacking weeds, swatting mosquitoes, and taking some photos.
The whacking weeds was very rewarding – actually got something accomplished. The swatti...
Mercedes SBC Tool System Repair Tool for Mercedes using DAS to check and diagnose the ABS/SBC system in Mercedes SBC Tool W211 and R230, there is a faults showed: CODE C249F, OPERATING TIME OF COMPONENT A7/3 IS EXCEEDED (SBC HYDRAULIC UNIT).
Th...
It’s early Saturday morning and I think I have the opportunity for a full day of gardening (or as I do it: garden-break-garden-break).
So to start the day off I thought I’d do a walkabout to identify priorities. The first priority s...
My grandson and I went to Whistling Gardens again today…
isn’t this beautiful???? !!!
And there was an abundance of baby toads … time for some scientific exploration
and sadly .. the demise of one little guy ...
No rain this morning so my grandson and I spent some time outdoors and I got to do a wee walk-about in the areas that he and his wagon travelled.
I’m sure my daughter won’t mind that I’m sharing these pictures with you.
One...
What does a shed have to do with gardening? Well its where I keep my tiller and shovels and hoes and well you get the point. I’ve noticed online quite a few people wondering if you can raise or move a shed. Here’s living proof of how q...
june 9/13
A sunshiny day took Rick and I out into the yard today to do some “this and that”. Rick took care of the lawn and I did some comfrey-fertilizing, transplanting some plants, trimming back some cedar trees, and making a litt...
June 8/13
After a good day’s work I did a wee walk-about to check out my yard. Most things were looking good but a couple of my trees aren’t looking very healthy.
My colonade apple tree which was looking so good earlier in the sp...
June 8/13
With several dozens of eggs in the fridge it was time to do some cooking …
Here is what I came up with:
Asparagus With Garlic Sauce
Bacon & Egg Pasta Salad
Dad’s Pumpkin Pie
Asparagus I was going to lea...
June 8/13
Rick is golfing today, much to his GREAT pleasure, and I don’t have my grandson today, so that means I have the day to myself! What to do, what to do?
I could have gone to the great plant sale at Whistling Gardens, but .. ((a...
Set aside 2 hours to tie together a lot of ideas about collapse, soil degradation,peak oil, peak soil, the inevitable failure of big-ag, history worth knowing and practical knowledge about sustainable, organic, food forestry on an industrial s...
A little more than a year after we inoculated logs, we have had our first mushroom. Unfortunately, “matters of consequence” got in the way and I didn’t discover it until it was really too large to eat. My understanding is that ...
June 4/13
Our neighbours, the chicken owners, have gone on holidays for 2 weeks and Rick is on chicken duty. Yippee … free eggs.
Well, yippee on day one and day two and even day three …. but we are now on day 8 – with getti...
June 4/13
Our neighbours, the chicken owners, have gone on holidays for 2 weeks and Rick is on chicken duty. Yippee … free eggs.
Well, yippee on day one and day two and even day three …. but we are now on day 8 – with getti...
Set aside 2 hours to tie together a lot of ideas about collapse, soil degradation,peak oil, peak soil, the inevitable failure of big-ag, history worth knowing and practical knowledge about sustainable, organic, food forestry on an industrial s...
Spring has sprung but it is still a bit to cold outside. Hopefully the beans make it. So far everything inside the green house is beginning to take root and showing signs of growth. The little hobby type green house is not heated so the nights are...
Here are more of my flowers from 2011-2012:)
These hosta’s are on my profile page.Lavender
Millon Bells and Bacopa.
White trailing Bacopa.
Million Bells bacopa trailing.
Peak Moment TV’s Janaia Donaldson interviews and visits Trathen Heckman’s home to see his greywater system in a suburban neighbourhood.Now his system is in California, so some adjustment may be necessary for colder climates, but he doe...
Hi All -
The attached video may be of interest to some of you thinking about a deck or landscape design project; I captured it from my PC some months back showing how I use a design software package to take much of the risk out of expensive ...
Fairy gardens and miniature gardens are a huge trend today!
Garden designer, Shirley Bovshow teaches new gardeners, Ari and Emma how to make their first fairy and miniature gardens by selecting a theme and building upon it.
Check out the ...
Look deeper into the benefits that certain plants offer other than just beauty or utility. Ari, Emma and garden expert, Shirley Bovshow explore the wonderful benefits offered by well known plants, junipers, ivy, hydrangea in this short and enterta...
I wrote this short video in honor of Thanksgiving. Here are three plants that contribute to our lives and well-being every day.
Watch, hug a plant, and share the video with your friends!
http://youtu.be/BA0xmpqiKfk
Are you a beginner gardener who wants to start planting with seeds? It’s easy. Watch this short, informative video.
Learn to start seeds and save money on plants for your garden! Garden expert Shirley Bovshow uses egg cartons and toilet...
Fall is in the air and we have encountered some pretty crisp mornings already here in Tennessee, so it’s time to bring some of our potted plants inside before we receive our first frost.
The question is, where do you put them?
Normally th...
Wacky but informative video about how to feed your soil and read a fertilizer label. I bet you will remember at least 80% of the information we share in the video!!! At least!
Learn how to feed your soil and read a plant fertilizer label. Ari...
Gardening school is in session and Shirley is teaching the absolute basics, such as: what to wear, what tools to use, what is the difference between an annual, perennial, and biennial? What is a garden zone, and which one is yours? Class is in ses...
