It's Pumpkin Time!

If you caught my blog post from just about a year ago, you might remember that we had a pumpkin patch. It  grew from the seeds of a jack-o-lantern, and we ended up with only two pumpkins (I cheated and staged Read More …

Carbon Sources for Compost

I thought this was a nice chart showing some easily obtained ‘brown’ (carbon) material for your compost pile. I always seem to have plenty of ‘green’ materials (vegetable scraps, mostly), and I’m trying to focus on adding more carbon to Read More …

Solar Flower

I’ve become very interested in projects that normal, everyday people can do that will harness the free power of the sun. This ‘solar flower’ is intriguing, and it can be built very cheaply, or even for no cost if you Read More …

Tomato Truck

               We got out to the garden a couple of days ago, and on a whim, wheeled one of our yellow dump trucks with us. It made a great container for us to fill Read More …

Pickled Crabapples

A taste of fall: homemade pickled crabapples by Stark Bro’s on 10/04/2012   There are several crabapple trees in our neighborhood that go unharvested. Every year the apples fall to the ground to rot, when they could be utilized in Read More …

Our Sunflower House!

  A Sunflower House is an awesome garden experience to work on with the little ones in your life!   Our dreams of a sunflower house started when I checked out a copy of Roots Shoots Buckets and Boots by Sharon Lovejoy. Read More …