My husband is an electrical engineer with a hobby interest in working with cement and stone. He has made me several things with cement, including a beautiful workbench for my greenhouse and the still in-progress cement border for my swimming pool. His most recent cement work has been making the cement floor for my new […]
Are Your Backyard Chicken Eggs Organic?
The meaning of the word organic is a bit slippery in popular culture. It is a spin-off of the more exact definitions from biology and chemistry, but sometimes vague and even contradictory. In the scientific realm, something is called organic if it has carbon atoms in it or if it has to do with life processes. From this point of […]
Learning How to Use a Sauerkraut Crock plus Other Winter Harvest and Storage Suggestions
I had managed to harvest 8 cabbages and a few pumpkins from my garden before a hard freeze hit. By “harvest,” I mean I piled them in the garage and hoped the freeze wouldn’t be low enough or long enough to damage more than a few layers of green. When the cold temperatures continued, I […]
10 Top Things To Do in the Late June Southwest Idaho Garden
Late June is a pivotal point in the garden in southwest Idaho. Most of the planting has been done, and the weather usually changes from cool with some rain to baking dry like someone has flipped a light switch. It is a time when the gardener can relax about some things, but it is time […]
Make Reusable Cat Barrier Covers for Your Garden
Our two cats seems to have been more destructive in my garden than usual this year. Maybe it is because the kids aren’t outside with them as much, plus the cats are older and lazier less mobile. They still catch mice and squirrels periodically; and I think they keep some bird damage in my garden at […]
