I made my original body bag about 4 or 5 years ago and I've learned some things about how to make these after having to repair it a few times. Get my new e-book on Amazon! It’s free with Kindle Unlimited or $3.99 to purchase. There are projects in this e-book that you won’t find … Continue reading How To Make A Bagged Body For Halloween
I'm always working on our Halloween display. This year I decided I needed jellyfish! I love spooky stuff but the creepy, gory, sicko type stuff just doesn't light my fire. However, glowing awesome jellyfish sounded way too cool to pass up! I got this idea several months ago and ordered what I needed in September. … Continue reading Glowing Jellyfish: Outdoor Halloween
Here we go! It's Halloween time on my blog again! I hope you enjoy the tutorials! I love making Halloween decorations! I also love to make CHEAP decorations. I don't think I can find a good reason to buy a lot of what I see in the stores. I am pretty happy with a lot … Continue reading Milk Jug Spider
The things I grow in summer are things that I don't have to baby. Today our "feel like" temperature was 103 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm not interested in doing manual labor in that sort of heat (Although, I did. I was out in that heat for about an hour and a half yesterday weeding and pulling … Continue reading Low Maintenance, Highly Productive, Summer Vegetables.
It's a new dawn, it's a new day, and I'm feeling good. Original song, Nina Simone 1965. Perhaps my favorite she sang. Good one for today! https://youtu.be/oHRNrgDIJfo?is=kH58rSu2mud4MyQK
Just a reminder. If you make sauerkraut, make sure you make time to eat it! Today my lunch is sauerkraut, cheese and a peach. Delicious and good for me. I hope you are interested in adding some probiotics to your day. And, if you have some homemade yogurt, kimchi or sauerkraut in the fridge that … Continue reading Today’s Probiotics
I moved recently. Said goodbye to the food forest I had for almost twenty years and went somewhere smaller that I didn't have to worry about the upkeep of a 1/4 acre. I now have a beautiful shaded patio, and I do something I never did with my large garden: sit and enjoy it. I … Continue reading Plants For A Bright Shade Patio
If you aren't making yogurt today, you aren't eating enough yogurt! It's time for me to start another batch. I hope you keep up with me and start your probiotic journey in earnest! I have never felt better health wise, and I have had a lot of health issues. Probiotics are pretty magical. I've lost … Continue reading It’s Yogurt Making Time!
Are you living your best probiotic life? If you do a little prep work, probiotics can be an easy delicious addition to every meal. My breakfast of crushed strawberries (I crush them in a bowl with sugar and the top of a glass. This actually crushes the strawberry in chunks and it juices it at … Continue reading Today’s Probiotics
All you need is at the dollar store. Starting this out: would I do this again? Well, no. But I'm going to give you directions because this is cheap and if you have some time this is totally achievable. This is done with things you can pick up at your local dollar store. Thick 36 … Continue reading Homemade Tomato Cage From The Dollar Store
I have had some fun blog achievements in the past couple of months! I wasn't expecting this one. Although I knew I had been viewed in a lot of countries over the years. This was a pretty cool accomplishment. It's my thirteenth year on WordPress. Last year I didn't miss a single day of blogging. … Continue reading My TARDIS Has Arrived
Ginger, two Granny Smith apples and a pear. Tamper link So have you ever really thought about the world of probiotics? Homegrown, like grandma (or great-grandma) whipped up every fall when the cabbages came in? Salt, cabbage and pounding the heck out of the cabbage with a tamper. I make a lot of probiotic ferments. … Continue reading What Can I Put In Sauerkraut?
Soil has been added to my vegetable beds. The bananas have been fertilized. Bird baths have been scrubbed. I added water crystals to the beds this year because the bags of composted manure have a ton of sand in them and water runs right out of the beds, without something to absorb it. Pvc marking … Continue reading Finishing The Vegetable Beds
Here's a spring journey you can experience now. I don't freeze until about Thanksgiving so I still have a little while until I shut down my garden: "Soooo, what have you been up to, you crazy little gardener?" Well. Actually, I've been very, very busy. Busy, busy, busy. Mainly, because I don't know how not … Continue reading Hugelkulter High Density Fruit Tree Bed (Or Heather’s Humor Odyssey)
It's hard to catch a still pond right now because there's birds on it. Every time I notice the ponds are completely still, I start walking towards them and I spook the geese and I get ripples. This is the upper pond. There's a Canadian geese couple up here and some malard ducks. It's still … Continue reading Reflections
If you are a Doctor Who fan. I found some psychotic potato dwarf scat. I heard they can actually grow from it. Sorry. Inside joke.
Sun kissed waves. Closest thing to Water Sprites or Fairies. Sparkling and beautiful. I tell you what. Colorado is a healing place.
Bwahaha! That's the first thing I thought of when I saw all of the hens scooting around with the shields on to keep the roosters off their backs. OK. Maybe only I see weird concepts like that. But I thought it was hilarious.
There's an old cowboy saying: "You only get one good horse, one good dog and one good woman in your life. Don't f' it up." Still waiting for my one good man. I've already checked the other boxes. Maybe it would be easier to understand these days to say an exceptional dog, and an exceptional … Continue reading One Good Horse…
Crazy Green Thumbs 