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Composting Leaves for Next Year’s Garden
Well, we’ve raked the yard twice so far, and most of the leaves are still on the trees yet. We have a half-acre of yard boasting 10+ deciduous trees (plus, there’s a 100 year-old oak next door whose leaves we usually get)… that’s a LOT of raking. I can’t believe I used to do most [...]
Continue reading...Our First Year of Apples!
8. September 2009
The boys harvested our very first harvest of apples from our apple tree! Woohooo!!! Yeah… we have a LOT of hornets and wasps around the homestead, how could you tell? :-p I am now convinced of the beauties of pesticide, people. Yow. Those bugs had a feast. We will chop up what we can of [...]
Continue reading...Harvest Time
27. August 2009
We spent some time today out in the gardens, now that the humidity is down and it is FINALLY not raining. The weather is gorgeous– sunny, crisp air, and 70 degrees! I’m loving it! We checked the condition of the vegetable beds. I haven’t spent nearly enough time in them this year. That, and the [...]
Continue reading...No Business Like Snow Business
28. October 2008
We’ve got snow! It’s enough to make us New Yorkers say, “Hmm”; but snow in October is not that unusual in these parts. Nonetheless, the first snowfall of the season does wonders for our motivation. I still have leaf piles all over the lawn, and I stiil haven’t sewn the drapes for the doorways, and… [...]
Continue reading...No Snow
25. November 2007
Well, by now I thoroughly expected to have snow on the ground. There is none! It has been chilly, and ice forms on the driveway every morning, but no snow. It’s unusual. We got all our trees planted: 5 privet hedges, 1 red maple, 1 willow, and I moved the douglas fir that had been [...]
Continue reading...Planting Trees
19. November 2007
Our projects have been winding down for a few weeks. We’ve been very preoccupied with cleaning things up, shutting things down, and preparing for the coming winter season. We’ve also been busy for weeks in an endless raking competition between us and the trees. There are still leaves on our trees, and the trees refuse [...]
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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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21. October 2009
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