Category: Home and Garden

  • Let me introduce you to some of our new friends.

    I discovered my new gardening friend the other day while working in the yard; yesterday, I was able to sneak up and get a picture of him while hanging out laundry: And Pogle met this guy upon entering the house after work last night: He has since decided the TV is a much comfier home…

  • Decorative and functional?

    I’m hoping I have enough brick left over to do something like this to a corner of the front yard where pog and I are always cutting across: Just imagine that the brick is flush with the concrete. 😉 In my head I see getting a post light put in between the brick and the…

  • May I have some more, sir?

    Pogle wanted everyone to see what 3 tons (he says) of brick looked like: My new 225 gallon rain water tank: And a shot of the volunteer daffodil blooming: Now to try and get the ferret to sleep again (it’s 4 AM). >.<

  • Why can’t I have normal weeds like everyone else?

    Mutants #1-6: (bonus toe for scale) Mutant #7: At least there were a couple of rays of sunshine in my garden: Volunteers!

  • On childhood Tetris viewings…

    I was complimented on my brick-stacking ability while we were unloading my truck tonight. All those hours of watching my mom destroy tetris as a child had to pay off in some way, right? Of course, its equally possible all those hours spent playing Stronghold and building castles affected it somewhat too. Videogames are good…

  • Can’t sleep, the gnomes will eat me. Can’t sleep, the gnomes will eat me.

    Unless… (Gnome Be Gone, image copyright http://www.cleanairgardening.com/)

  • Before I built a wall

    We’re trying to decide if we should put in a chain link fence this year. It’d pretty much take all of the money we’d set aside for a shed (we have no garage or outdoor storage) and dip into our savings quite a bit, so it’s a big decision. Here’s my list of pros and…

  • With silver bells, and cockle shells, And marigolds all in a row.

    Last year I tentatively bought a few plants at the local Lowes: the selection wasn’t very good but I knew where to find them, unlike a local gardening center. This year, I’m going for broke on my gardener status. I ordered seeds for our vegetable garden and for some flowering perennials/shrubs. This is my first…