Constructing My First, But Definitely Not Last, Keyhole Garden

You don’t have to live in the desert to benefit from a drought-tolerant composting garden.  Constructing a  “Keyhole Garden” is a great way to bring a creative, sustainable garden into your life, no matter where you live. A keyhole garden is, essentially, another type of raised-bed planter. It is especially designed to work well in

Giving a Piece of Myself at Christmas

When it comes to Christmas, do you prefer to give store-bought, or homemade gifts? I’ll reveal my preference a little later, but, first, I thought I’d go through, what I think, are some of the advantages of each… Advantages of store-bought: convenient time saving get exactly what the person wants (there’s no way I’m putting

Tomato Crib

I ran out of tomato cages.  Well, I didn’t actually run out.  I confess.  I just didn’t feel like making another one out of grape stakes.  So,  I just left one of my tomatoes in the ground, thinking, “I’ve got plenty of time, before this one gets too big.”  “I’ll just come back and cage

Time to Re-Purpose a Painting

Last weekend, my husband and I attended our first live auction, and came home with a great painting that I knew would be the perfect background for this project. Before getting to the graphic design work, I knew I had to do something with that gilded frame.  It just would not go with the modern