One stump is a pokeberry I wanted gone; one is a raspberry I wanted to keep. Come spring, I’ll know which is which. http://t.co/crKXR6HvcZ
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Hydrangea Sunset
[Taken 16 October 2013]
Discovering My Inner Handyman
I noticed a while back that the caulk in our tub was starting to look kind of funky. Like, gross funky. So, being the all-research-and-no-action person that I can be sometimes, I looked up some recipes for how to clean caulk — after, of course, finding dozens of results that said, “Recaulking is cheap and easy! Just redo the caulk!”
Pshaw! Me, recaulk the tub?
Fast-forward to a couple weeks ago, when Aaron (without the benefit of aforementioned research) just straight-up went to town scrubbing the shit out of the already-old caulk.
It was hard and cracking, of course, and started peeling off.
I saw the missing and peeling caulk during my next shower, and realized that we were going to have to recaulk the tub, anyway.
Being the research-first sort of person that I am, I sought out some info about caulking from This Old House, from YouTube in general, and from my buddy Sheryl (who has done her share of minor and not-so-minor home improvement projects over the years). I borrowed, purchased, and assembled my tools and supplies, and embarked on my mission during naptime last Saturday.
Total Time: One Hour
Difficulty Level: Easy
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Growing Garlic (Part One)
This will be a tale told in multiple parts — partly because it’s lengthy, and I want to be sure not to leave anything out, but also because it’s a tale that is not yet complete.
The short-short version: my house gave me garlic!
The longer version: I had spent all spring since our early-April move in amazement at all the plants and flowers that were coming up in my flower beds. Multiple varieties of hyacinth, daffodils and narcissus, a tree peony and herbaceous peonies, several rosebushes, chives, allium, daylilies… I could keep going. So, when these interesting little curly-cues started emerging from my flower beds in late June, I was curious but unsurprised to see something else I didn’t recognize.
Sarah, one of my Instagram followers, commented, “I might be crazy, but I bet if you pull one of those up you’ll find a garlic bulb at the other end. ;)”
So, I did a little research, and sure enough, it looked like I was growing hardneck garlic!
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