With my first year of scapes I am trying all sorts of recipes. The one I think I am most excited for is this one, garlic scape mustard. I’ve always wanted to try making mustard so I found a few recipes, and as usual, mixed a few together and added some of my own ingredients,…
Month: June 2023
May Comparisons
I’m a little late with this post, but better late than never! May was a warm month this year. The average temperature was 7C warmer than last year, and the evenings stayed warmer throughout the month. There was more sun and less clouds. It was certainly noticeable in the garden. With the weather being so…
Grassy Run
Last year we finally took out the run that ran up the side of our upper yard and beside our house. The inside fence posts had rotted and one good wind was going to knock it over so out it came. We were left with a strip of weedy dirt, which we planned to eventually…
Protecting The Berries Again
We love birds. Just about all birds. I would say the only bird I don’t appreciate are the doves. They are supposed to be these symbols of love and beauty, but I think their false hoot (so-called coo) and slug-sized poops are bothersome. Unfortunately we seem to have a few that have been hanging around…
Herb Planter
4 years ago, I was looking for a project to do with some scrap wood that I had accumulated, and I ended up building a cute little herb planter for on our walkway by the back door. I called it my scrappy scrapper, which you can read about in the post with the same name….
JK Building The Dream 