Archive | July, 2009
Strange Yellow Beetle in My Garden
I’m hoping there’s a bug expert here amongst my readers. My daughter was out looking at our grapes on our grape vine, and saw this huge yellow beetle on the leaves. YUK!!! Does anyone know what beetle this is? Does it eat grapes?? The beetle is large, about 1.5 to 2 inches long. It flew [...]
Continue reading...Hydropolis
27. July 2009
I grew up near New York’s largest inland lake. I sometimes miss the life by the waterside: the fresh fish, the swimming, the boating, the marina activities. I live in Central New York where the nearest REAL lake is 40 miles away. I am not a very good land-lubber… So I watched this amazing video [...]
Continue reading...Weed Hacking and Building Gardens
25. July 2009
This yard, where half of it is gravel beneath turf, and the other half is completely waterlogged, is very difficult to cultivate. When we bought the place, it was horribly overgrown. It has been a decade of hacking, digging, sweating, screaming, and crying to plant ANYTHING here. The good thing is that we are old [...]
Continue reading...Update on TempurPedic Noisy Foundation
22. July 2009
This is a continuing saga… you can read my first review of our TempurPedic mattress and foundation set here, and then the problem with the horribly squeaky foundation here, and then the story about getting the replacement here. Whew! This entire story is almost a year old and as drawn out as those weight loss [...]
Continue reading...Find the Kitty #5
21. July 2009
Yes, boys and girls! It’s time to play Find the Kitty again! Where is my beautiful Livvy? Hmmmm.. She’s such a corker. But she’s no longer a kitten. She’s turning 1 year old in less than a week when she officially becomes a full-fledged CAT. Boy, I miss those kitten days. She’s been such a [...]
Continue reading...She’s Peeved
17. July 2009
Just one of those “Kodak” moments. My cat, Livvy, was resting on the couch. But my daughter had the audacity to run the vacuum cleaner in the room next door. The look on her little puddy face is priceless! Related Posts:Find the Kitty SaturdayLivvy Meets GoofyFind the Kitty Friday: Cool CatFind the Kitty Friday: What [...]
Continue reading...Happy Birthday to Me :)
17. July 2009
Well, it’s not my birthday yet. In a few weeks it will be. I’ve never bought myself a birthday present before, but this year, I think I will!! I’m going to be [unintelligible] years old, and I’ve been working hard– I think I’m going to get something that’s really been on my “heart’s desire” wishlist [...]
Continue reading...Adding to Our Walkway!
16. July 2009
We FINALLY got a break in the clouds and rain, enabling us to continue building our Secret Garden walkway. So far, we’ve done this in three stages. This year, we busted sod and removed a good-sized portion of the lawn, adding to this garden. And this allowed us to continue our concrete walkway. It’s looking [...]
Continue reading...Garden Composting
15. July 2009
What a lousy year for gardening. It seems I’m not alone– a lot of you gardening bloggers are also bemoaning the soggy spring, cold summer, and lackluster crops. I managed to pull out a big turnip and a few snowpeas, but so far NO eggplant, just ONE pepper, ONE zucchini, and ONE tomato (out of [...]
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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!
- Parging The Foundation Walls
- The Silent Summer: No Crickets, No Peepers!
- Building a Winter Cat Shelter
- The Tempurpedic Mattress Update
- How to Create a Serfdom
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- Marg: The last one looks like something that would happe...
- Marcia: I was just wondering what type of wood your counte...
- lin: As for the last photo: Poor duck!...
- Mrs. Mecomber: Lin: BWAHAHAAH!! A week later I am still cracking ...
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29. July 2009
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