by Daisy | Jan 29, 2010 | Garden, Garden Hacks
The leaves on the lawn in my yard don’t satisfy my leaf craving, so I go trolling the curb for bags and bags of my neighbors’ leaves, too. I’m sure I raise some eyebrows, like when I raid their cardboard on recycle day, but I can’t help it. I...
by Daisy | Jan 27, 2010 | Body Care, Household
I’ve been doing cloth diapers for two years and have made a few observations along the way. Anyone wanting to hear my reflections on the subject of infantile excrement management is so in luck. 1. I am humbled by the incredible transformative miracle of the...
by Daisy | Jan 25, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
Since the hens began laying they have gone from quiet pullets to gabby girls. The racket begins in late morning and continues intermittently until around noon, while the laying is going on. BawkbawkbawkbawkbawkbawkBAWKAW!! By midday the hubbub has subsided and they...
by Daisy | Jan 22, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
Confession: I’ve never been very successful growing stout little plants from seed indoors. They germinate well and seem happy but never look like those brick house-looking dynamos from the nursery. I have a cool bulb and a warm bulb, a fan, etc., etc., but the...
by Daisy | Jan 20, 2010 | Crafts, Earth-Friendly
This past summer I grew three bottle gourds from a plant I bought impulsively at the garden center after none of the gourd seeds I planted germinated. I thought three gourds wasn’t much of a yield from so much vine, but I was happy with my three gourds and put...
