June 28th, 2009 Like it or not, I’ve been given the challenge of renovating our shade garden. Some changes were inevitable. I knew that. But little did I realize just how many changes were in store! Our tiny village has finally installed a municipal sewage system and every house and business is being hooked into it. [...]
June 7th, 2009 This small village of ours is about to enter the twentieth (yes, twentieth!) century! So long septic systems and hello sewer system! After years of planning, and construction, the municipal sewage system will is nearing completion. Now that homeowners have recovered from the shock of the rather hefty bill we each now owe the [...]
June 28th, 2008 When is a weed, not a weed? When it’s pretty and you like it! A number of years ago, I allowed a mullein to flourish in the herb garden. A visitor remarked on the then five foot high weed that was just coming into flower and suggested I hand him a shovel so he could [...]
