[ad name=”Amazon Patio Lawn and Garden”] Last year we fenced off a portion of our yard to put in a garden but only de-sodded half of it. We planted tomatoes, peppers, chard and kale and it produced amazingly well for being neglected and weedy. This year I’ve decided to get serious about our garden and…
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Friday Links
Over at Have Cake, Will Travel these chickpea blondies caught my eye. They look like they might be perfect for a rainy weekend snack. I’ve been looking around to gather up some crafting ideas for us and the girls and found this garden wish flag project, via Maya*Made. It seems like a great way decorate…
Assateague National Seashore Mini Vacation
Every year for the last 3 years we have gone camping at Assateague National Seashore with several other families. This year was our largest group yet with 8 families spread out over 5 campsites. We camp, have fires on the beach and generally get to forget about the world beyond the dunes. After 3 years…
Netflix Launches new "Watch Now" Feature
Netflix: “NETFLIX OFFERS SUBSCRIBERS THE OPTION OF INSTANTLY WATCHING MOVIES ON THEIR PCs New Feature Will be Included in Subscribers’ Monthly Membership at no Extra Charge and Will Have a Phased Roll-Out Over Next Six Months LOS GATOS, Calif., January 16, 2007 — Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), the world’s largest online movie rental service, today…
I’m back
So things have been hectic lately and we took a vacation to Chicago early last month. It was a great time but we’ve been catching up ever since. Chicago is a wonderful city, so clean and friendly. We took public transit everywhere which was $2.00 for anything. From the airport to the city $2.00 a…
This weeks share and a great BBQ
We went to the farm on Friday, as usual. We got lots of great stuff; green peppers, eggplant, basil, potatoes, bunching onions, garlic, carrots, zucchini and of course cucumbers. There was not lettuce this week because of the extreme heat we’ve been having. The latest crop got scorched so we won’t get lettuce for about…
Our CSA and weekly trip to the farm.
We decided this year to be part of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). What this means is that you purchase a share of a farm much like purchasing a share of a company. We go weekly to pick up our week’s share of produce, or half a share as the case may be. If the…
Setting up our new Tivo – A process that should take 20 min. takes 4 hours.
Image via Wikipedia Tivo had a great deal. Buy a year of service and get a refurbished 40 hour box for free. Ok we bit, because it’s our second box the monthly service is just over half of what a normal box is so the year of service will last us almost 2 years. Yesterday…