As you may or may not know, like most people living with mastocytosis, I am deathly allergic to bees, wasps and other Hymenopterans. I nearly died a few years ago from a wasp sting and it was actually what led me to getting my diagnosis (but that's a different post for a different day). I …
To my delight, I opened the blinds this morning and startled a robin who has decided to build her nest in one of the empty upper bay window flower boxes. We haven't bought the coconut liners to put in them yet because of the wind, and now I'm so glad we waited! I was afraid …
As the song goes, "Any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me..." but it does matter. To me, at least. Which is why we planted a windbreak along the back fence! We decided to go with fast growing hybrid willows, which I talked about a little in my last post, but I thought …
You wouldn't think here in Idaho we would get the best homesteading tips from a bloke in Australia, but we spent all day Saturday watching one of our favorite You Tubers, Mark from Self Sufficient Me, while the wind terrorized the valley again. As usual, we learned a ton of useful information and at the …
There was a time when we were young and adventurous and loved to sleep rough under the stars. Those days are well behind us now and we prefer the comfort of our RV and the cabin of our boat, both of which give us shelter from things like grizzly bears and creature comforts like hot …
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