Not long ago, I needed a ladder to get to the skylights inside our home. Our bungalow style cabin on a lake has relatively low ceilings, so I don’t need much. My husband has a huge extension ladder, and a small step ladder, both…even the small one…are cumbersome to carry and manipulate. For this reason, [...]
I have not dug up my bulbs at the end of the summer for years because all of them are coming up fine each year, just where I’d like them to. But one of these years I’m going to want to redo my bulb garden. I understand after many years in the garden, they gradually [...]
When we need extensive work done on our property, we have to hire people to do our work for us due to the need for permits and more since our property is in a community and our home is a lakefront home. There are guidelines both on the part of our Township and the DEP [...]
After many an attempt, the simplest of solutions has worked in getting rid of an unwelcome guest at my hummingbird feeder. I’m sure you don’t need a picture to guess who these guests were. I had tried everything to get rid of the ants that were climbing down the wire from which our feeder hangs…off [...]
Though my thoughts are outside more than inside during days like today when the sun was shining and everything that isn’t blooming yet is just about to, there are those rainy days when I do get to look around inside and see what needs to be improved. In fact, a rainy day can make a [...]
