One of my favorite pieces of garden advice is to plant for blooms throughout the growing season, not just during the spring rush. So, my yard may never be chock full of blooms, and it is likely that there is always something unsightly due to dying back, but there is always a burst of color […]
Reasons to Consider Bare Foot Gardening
If you have ever longed to take off your shoes and run bare footed through the garden, there’s a good reason. It’s fun and comfortable. It may take a few weeks to get your feet and legs back into shape for more regular participation in this childhood joy, but along the way you’ll discover that […]
Why I Mulch with Grass Clippings in my Southwest Idaho Garden
Using grass clippings for mulch deals with a common dilemma for the modern gardener. The lawn is pretty, nice to walk on, but it’s not my favorite part of the yard to care for, yet, if I don’t do something about those dandelions, they will infest my vegetable and flower gardens. If I don’t mow […]
Helpless Female Gets Lost in the Bedroom
We’ve lived in this house for nearly 18 years. I am a stay at home mom, who most of the time has been supervising at least seven children throughout it’s 3400 square feet of rooms and hallways. It is familiar territory. Sure, we’ve altered it slightly a couple of times. Once we remodeled the kitchen, which […]
Organize Your Household Chores Room by Room and Teach Your Children to Do Them
I’m going to alter an old saying. Can you figure out which one I altered? I’m going to say: “If anything is worth doing, it’s worth teaching it to your children patiently.” And I’m going to apply this saying to household tasks. That means that “If anything is worth doing, sometimes it’s worth getting done […]