Archive | July, 2008
Freedom Gardeners
Remember me blogging about the Victory Gardens of World War II? There’s something similar still going on! I found this– Freedom Gardens– while surfing around. It’s an online community of gardeners who are dedicated to detaching their families from the factory-produced produce and growing their own food. The urban homesteaders at Path to Freedom have [...]
Continue reading...My Tater Plants
21. July 2008
My garden is not as varied and not as luxurious as last year’s. But pardon me if I brag a little about my potato plants. Aren’t they gorgeous?! I planted almost an entire bed of them– they are Adirondack Reds. These are the seed potatoes when I planted them in May. I’ve never planted this [...]
Continue reading...Enough is Enough!
21. July 2008
This is rather disturbing. It’s a mindless, meaningless USB gadget. Don’t we have ENOUGH gadgets clogging up the world yet? This time it’s a little LED message board. It can be programmed to display any message and even bother you with audio. It’s touted as a way to “leave a message” when, perhaps, you are [...]
Continue reading...Tomato Blight
19. July 2008
Ouch. Do tomatoes get mesothelioma? That looks like a bad case of blight, to me. This year I planted just one tomato plant, Roma plum. Last year, I’d planted SIX tomato plants (Big Boy, Roma plu, and cherry) and was inundated with tomatoes. It took us weeks to process them all and freeze them. They [...]
Continue reading...Quick Tip: Get Rid of Ants
17. July 2008
I have heard that ant problems are bi-annual. I don’t know if that is true, but we did have an ant problem every other year, until three years ago, when ants stopped coming. They must have been storing up for this year, because they are back in FULL force. I can’t seem to keep the [...]
Continue reading...The Dog Days of Summer–Literally
17. July 2008
What a week. It’s been hot and humid in Upstate New York again, and weathermen are using that phrase “dog days of summer” over and over. That phrase has more to do with Sirius, the Dog Star, appearing in our summer evening skies than canines running around… but for me this week, it seems to [...]
Continue reading...Something Fishy Happening
17. July 2008
My sons are real fishing freaks, so I had to post this video for them. It starts off slow, and the quality is not the best, but I can’t believe the guy gets a fish with this thing! So you mean to tell me that those expensive electronic remote-controlled hobby toys are actually useful?! Wow, [...]
Continue reading...My Secret Garden
15. July 2008
Although my renovations on the house have been spotty the last few years, I have been doggedly working on the gardens around the acre of property. My lot is very long and narrow, with businesses on all four sides of my property. Therefore, building gardens that provide privacy are a must. I am elated at [...]
Continue reading...Sitting On A Natural Gas Mine
13. July 2008
I’ve been hearing, in various circles, of landowners in southern New York State and Pennsylvania suddenly finding themselves wealthy. There’s gas in them thar hills! Natural gas! It’s called the Marcellus Shale region, and estimates of 516 trillion cubic feet of gas lies beneath the black shale. Several weeks ago, I was offered the opportunity [...]
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I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
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22. July 2008
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