Nature is amazing…from the beneficial insects who protect our gardens from nasty pests intent on destroying it, to the bees and birds that help to pollinate it, the more we know and understand how to use what nature gives us to our advantage, the healthier our plants…and our lives will be. Read More
How to Attract Bees to Pollinate Your Garden
Butterflies flitting about from flower to flower and even hummingbirds sipping nectar play a role in pollination, but bees are one of the most active pollinators around. Read More
How to Choose The Best Play Structures for Small Yards
It was one of the best things about childhood…swinging as high as you could then jumping out in mid-air. Remember that? Or racing to the the top of the geodesic dome to play “king of the hill”? Read More
How To Create A Realistic Home Maintenance Budget
Advice abounds on the web about creating your annual home maintenance budget, and while there’s some truth to the belief that saving anything towards home maintenance is better than saving nothing at all, the fact is that by saving too much for your home’s maintenance, other areas of your budget can end up being sparse when they really don’t need to be. Read More
Why You Should Do a Home Inventory This Summer
Have you done a home inventory?
If not – or if it’s been a long time – summer is the best time of the year to do it…the weather is good and since the kids are home, you can enlist their help to get your inventory completed faster. Read More