by Susan | May 15, 2010 | Garden
We went to my folks over spring break. When I returned, Mom sent back a giant batch of lilies freshly dug from her garden. As you can see, I divided that clump and planted them along the edge of the porch. Given the fact that we’ve had as much a 8′ of snow...
by Susan | May 14, 2010 | Garden
We finished building our house in 2006. Each year since then we’ve addressed something outside in the effort to make it look as if we don’t live in a construction zone. Although there is a benefit of a gravel yard – no mowing! This week I decided to...
by Susan | Apr 9, 2010 | On the Farm
When you clear land the result is brush. Since we’re located in the woods we have Lots of Brush. Last fall Paul killed tree after tree clearing land for a vegetable patch. The trees kept us warm over the winter as fuel for the wood boiler. But we’ve spent...
by Susan | Mar 1, 2010 | On the Farm
This is the first winter that we’ve heated our home with the super high efficiency Central Boiler outdoor wood boiler that we purchased back in 2008. We turned off the oil tank and heated both our hot water and home with this furnace since October of last fall....
