One of my really guilty pleasures is a good ranch dressing or dip. It isn’t hard to make up a batch of dry mix – and frankly, making it yourself is so much better for you. Have you looked at the ingredient list for a name brand packet of dry mix? That will cost you… Continue reading Pantry Staples: Buttermilk Ranch Dressing Mix
Mason Jar Herb Garden
Mason Jar Herb Garden for sale….and what?!? $8.98 for a jar, a little soil and a few seeds? Ack! Although, I’ll be honest: if you are not a gardener who happens to have soil, rocks and seeds on hand, it isn’t a horrid price. Pricey, yes. Easy enough to do at home. Oh, it won’t be… Continue reading Mason Jar Herb Garden
Building New Garden Beds
It all started with the removal of 3 very ugly contractor grade special trees: Good riddance. They blocked sun oddly, were not healthy, and poisoned the ground around them. The problem is…people put them in when small, then they grow quickly, and they are never shaped, and just go crazy in a few years. And… Continue reading Building New Garden Beds
Local Adventures: Light House Point Trail
For many years I lived on an island, and I still miss it, even 13 years later. Now then…this isn’t a warm island I left behind, rather a wind-swept, cold island, up North. My kind of island. Especially for island wandering. Last weekend we happened to be up in the islands, and I took the… Continue reading Local Adventures: Light House Point Trail
Our Weather Stations
It started innocently….Kirk for years had pined for a “real” weather station and finally I said “Oh just get it!” Little did I know it would end up making another weather nerd, which was me. Not long after this was put up on our fence post, our neighbors were asking what it was. Of which… Continue reading Our Weather Stations