Archive for the 'Landscaping' Category

 Going, Going, Gone!

We have bee enjoying some unusually warm weather this past week. The daytime temps have reached in the high forties – low fifties (Fahrenheit).  Normal highs for this time of year are below freezing. The mounds of snow that have been blanketing the lawns and gardens are disappearing quickly, leaving pools of water in our [...]



 Small Changes

Have you ever noticed how “things” can snowball? For instance, this week I purchased new towel bars for the bathroom. Changing them out was to be a simple way to update the bathroom. While taking the old towel bars off, the degree to which the paint on the walls had faded screamed at me. Hearing [...]



 Winter Garden Thoughts

Here we are in the middle of another Canadian winter. The ground is frozen. The snow is at least a foot deep, even deeper in some areas of the yard. The trees are bare, the gardens hidden. As I walk through the yard, I notice the rabbits have been feasting on several of the trees [...]