Home Made Laundry Soap Revisited

 
I have talked about making my own laundry soap before here, and here. and this is a wonderful recipe and I have had great results for a couple of years now.
A few months ago I started playing around with liquid Castile soap and just love it. I took the basic recipe and modified it a bit with [...]

Indian Summer

The past few days has been glorious around here. Temps are up into the 60’s and it’s sunny. Just perfect for working outside, with no bugs, wind, or it being to hot. It’s so nice for a change and good for the spirits.
The leaves have fallen and the trees are all but a few bare and [...]

The fall garden-Seed Sharing

The fall garden is an interesting place lately. I am finding beauty all around even though the flowers have pretty much faded away….
Today are the long gone Daisies that grow along side the house. These came from Bluestone a few years back. While they are rated for zone 5 and above they do well here [...]

Planting Garlic

It’s past that time and my bulbs are still sitting here in the kitchen! I like to plant mine as close to the Autumn Equinox as I can…missed that this year….
The beds are ready…About 6 weeks ago I pulled back the mulch from last year, added a good 6″ layer of compost, tossed it all [...]