Starting and Maintaining a Raspberry Patch
Living directly in town I don’t have a lot of space to grow raspberries. I searched for ways for starting and maintaining a raspberry patch with little effort. Raised raspberry boxes were my choice.
How To Clean A Hummingbird Feeder
How To Clean A Hummingbird Feeder
Reduce the chance of passing on harmful bacteria through the growth of seen, or unseen bacteria that is harmful to hummingbirds by cleaning your feeder regularly. Here is how to clean a hummingbird feeder.
Easy Stepping Stones for the Garden
Easy Stepping Stones for the Garden
Easy stepping stones for the garden. Creating garden stepping stones couldn’t be this easy, could it?
It is so easy that a group of 12-year-old children could make them and give them as gifts, and they did.
Stone Crock Flower Pots
Stone Crock Flower Pots One of my favorite planters of all time. The old style crocks. Stone crock flower pots rock! I have one crock planted with red geraniums every year on the cement pad leading to our garage. Until next time friends. Take Care! AFFILIATE POLICY: Posts on this site may contain links to outside … Read more
Maple Syrup Tree Tapping
Maple Syrup Tree Tapping in Wisconsin
Maple syrup season is one of the quiet signs that winter is beginning to loosen its grip in Wisconsin. Even when snow still lingers on the ground, the shift between freezing nights and milder days starts the sap flowing, marking the beginning of one of the Midwest’s most familiar seasonal traditions.
Plum Island Lighthouse Door County
Plum Island Lighthouse sits in the waters of Lake Michigan off the tip of the Door County Peninsula in northeastern Wisconsin. Because it is offshore and cannot be reached by car, it remains one of the more adventurous lighthouse destinations in Door County.
For many visitors, Plum Island is more of a place to admire from the water than a quick roadside stop. Reaching it takes a little planning, but that extra effort is part of what makes it memorable. Between the lighthouse, historic Coast Guard buildings, shoreline habitat, and wildlife, Plum Island feels wilder and more remote than many of Door County’s better-known landmarks.
DIY Straw Bale Cold Frame
Need a cold frame storage solution in a hurry? Take a page from a Hard Working Hillybilly’s book for this DIY straw bale cold frame. He is a genious!
Old Wash Tub Flower Pots
Old Wash Tub Flower Pots I use old washtub flower pots and aluminum pails that I pick up at thrift shops and at yard sales all the time. I will always purchase a few here and there to plant my annuals in. They make excellent focal points in the yard. Until next time friends. Take Care! AFFILIATE POLICY: Posts … Read more
Composting with Worms
Composting with Worms
Have you heard about composting with worms? Vermicomposting? Worm farming? It is a wonderful eco-friendly way to create nutrient-rich vermicompost. Plus, worm tea for your soil.
Straw Bale Garden
I am wholeheartedly committed to growing all the fresh produce that I can this growing season. This led me on a hunt to locate ways to achieve my goal. A straw bale garden is my solution.
Sharpening Your Garden Shovel
Sharpening Your Garden Shovel
Spending 5 minutes of time per year sharpening your garden shovel can eliminate your backbreaking work by digging deeper and dividing painless.
Bird Seed Suet Filled Egg Shell Recipe
Bird Seed Suet Filled Egg Shell Recipe
Want to make a healthy treat for the birds this winter? Try this bird seed suet filled egg shell recipe and add whatever ingredients you think your backyard feathered friends will like.
Drunken Gummy Bears
Drunken Gummy Bears
Today’s post: drunken gummy bears. I live in Wisconsin, people! We like to drink and entertain, nuff said!!
Blanching Garden Vegetables for Freezing
Blanching Garden Vegetables for Freezing
Spending a few days during the growing season blanching garden vegetables for freezing will yield you months of the healthy add-on to your meals during the offseason.
Vegetable Dip Dry Mix Recipe
This is one of our families favorite vegetable dip recipes. It is easy to whip up a batch of vegetable dip dry mix recipe and then bag them into single serve small bags.
Storing Dahlias Over Winter
Storing Dahlias Over Winter
Many types of dahlias do not survive the snowy cold winters here. We have to lift them out of the dirt or purchase new ones come spring. I wrote up a quick guide to digging up and storing dahlias over winter.
Outdoor Decorating for Halloween
Decorating Your Yard for Halloween
Decorating your yard for Halloween ? We all have that neighbor. You know. The one neighbor that when they do something, they go all out. This is the house in our neighborhood! It may spark some ideas for you, too.
Homemade Birdseed Ornaments Make Your Own
Homemade Birdseed Ornaments Make Your Own
Follow the recipe for these birdseed ornaments and the next day you have a sweet treat for your birds. The ornaments would make wonderful holiday gifts for friends and family as well as wedding favors for your guests.
Planting Horseradish Root
Planting Horseradish Root
In this article I will go over basic planting horseradish root. I’ll tell you where to obtain horseradish root, when and where to plant, and basic care for your root.
How To Make Jello Shots or Shooters In Syringes
Jello Shots or Shooters in Syringes
How to make jello shots or shooters in syringes. Jello shots or Jello shooters as they are also called are all the rage. There are many recipes with various types of liquor and flavored Jello combinations. I will give you several to try out.