by Ivory Soap | Jul 30, 2010 | Barnyard, Mini Goats
Ivory’s Totally Secure Goat Fence 1. Put up worthless chicken fence. 2. Get sick of it and tear it down, vowing to put up a new one so the monsters won’t kill your garden and fruit trees. 3. Fail. 4. Borrow MIL’s boss’s brother’s...
by Ivory Soap | Jul 28, 2010 | Fencepost, Flops
Good news! I got my window fixed. See that bottom right pane? It was busted out with a plastic mini-rocket. Good thing I called my handyman to replace it, huh? It would have looked SO TACKY otherwise. Unfortunately, less than a month after it was repaired, my...
by Daisy | Jul 26, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
There it was, at the feed store. A small eggplant seedling in a black plastic pot. The first rule in edible gardening, in my opinion, is only grow what you like to eat. Having had more than my share of bad eggplant experiences, I’m a little put off by the...
by Ivory Soap | Jul 16, 2010 | Fencepost, Flops
Isn’t that beautiful? Corn, beans, tomatoes, watermelon… It’s my neighbors’. Which makes this even more shameful: Hideous Garden 101 Step 1: Buy goats and chickens. Step 2: Have only one fence dividing your backyard. Step 3: Have husband...
by Ivory Soap | Jul 9, 2010 | Household, Simple & Frugal
Apart from my Finished Room Over the Garage (FROG), my attic covers my entire house. It’s a little house, but that’s still a lot of attic! Yesterday it was stuffed to the gills with CRAPOLA. Now, look at it! (Pictured above.) Look again from the other...
