We had a nice snow cover this winter, but I did not turn the leaf pile even once since last fall. Thus the leaves are still not compost, or even half done. Well the bottom layer is ready but still. Going to wet down and commence to turning and stomping.
Never too early to prepare wood. Here is some wood Brian chopped seasoning.
Well you know around family Earthprint every day is Earth Day, but I do want to acknowledge what we’re doing special today. Or rather what we planned to do in celebration, which was to have a huge yard sale and recycle some of our gently used things (ok some are hard-used LOL) we no longer [...]
Brian is excited to work on outdoor projects now that winter is over. What’s he making now? stay tuned!
I just love these! The first flowers of the year. Daffodils are just such a wonderful and lovely sign of spring
Was pulling up the creeper in the garden when I realized I was also pulling up mint! So far the garden mint has remained contained in it’s allotted spot but I am sure it will pop up everywhere. It always does
Step 1: Gather some dandelion flowers! Step 2: Cut off the heads! Step 3: Pour hot water over them and steep! Step 4: Enjoy! Dandelions can be used for many things, including tea! In my experience the flowers are best in spring. One of the benefits of dandelion tea is that it works as a [...]
It’s that time of year again! I’m all late getting started but oh well, better late than never. These are peas, the seeds were harvested from my garden last year. I have some listed on my etsy and soon to be on my site Earthy Style Spring peas lettuce spinach broccoli carrots Summer cucumber turnips [...]
To participate in Earth Hour, at 8:30pm your local time, turn off your lights for one hour. That’s it! From the Earth Hour site: Be part of a movement to demand action on climate change. Vote Earth by turning off your lights during Earth Hour and recruit your friends, family, neighbors, school or workplace. Make [...]
How to make a flowerpot out of an old plastic container: – get one old plastic container – punch holes in the bottom with a knife – fill with dirt and your plant presto! you just made a flowerpot. See how nice mine turned out?
I reuse containers to store more food in. Pictured are almonds, peanuts, and popcorn.
The Valentine’s Day gifts I got for my husband, all nicely wrapped up. I made the gift bag/box out of a cereal box and newspaper and wrapped the rest of the gifts in cloth. He got me 2 big lovely plants! which I love love love.
We canned some of the turkey soup we made after Christmas. It’s so good! (yah, I am no longer vegetarian)
Brian putting in the new sink. Later he will finish the cabinets, so for now the sink skirt I made will go back on.
Mid-December and the indoor tomatoes are ripening. last of the garden stuff!
Remember my old ugly bath mat I was recovering in denim? here is the finished product. I decided to use it in the downstairs bathroom
I just love denim! Last month we tore out the old broken dishwasher and cabinets, but have been so busy with work still not done with fixing the sink back up. It looks terrible! very ugly. So I decided to make a nice sink skirt to pretty things back up in the kitchen. It took [...]
I decided recently to start eating meat again. Why? because I started craving it, something that has never happened in the past 24 years I was a vegetarian…or in my entire life for that matter. It started due to my health issues, I had a miscarriage and then the flu back-to-back. It was a lot [...]
I have this old dingy bath mat that I can’t brighten…tried washing several times. I thought about dying it but decided to just cover it with denim. I have lots of scraps I can use. This way I don’t have to throw it out and buy a new bathroom mat. It’s still functional, just ugly, [...]
Brian repaired the garage roof. It was really bad. He had to replace lots of old shingles. My in-laws came over and helped out quite a bit, as did Scott & Todd.
I had these in the house for a while before they bore fruit. I wonder how long it will take for them to ripen.
I cut some tomato branches and brought them indoors for decoration. I just love green growing things in my kitchen. I put them in some old wine glasses filled with water. Lovely
Drying out this corn cob and saving the seeds for next year. How do I dry it out? Just peel the husks and leave the cob out to open air indoors. Once dry, you can just pick the dried seeds off.
Although the sunflowers in the garden grew to size, the ones on the side of the house did not. I am not sure why…the ground there is very shallow. I’ll dig in some compost this year and let it rest next year.
Some of the tomato plants I’m growing indoors. The trick is to make sure they get lots of sunlight.
One of the nice little creeks winding through Avon lake, Ohio. although the flash against the green is too hard, I do like how it captured the light on the water.
I started some new sourdough starter to make bread, rolls, pretzels, etc. My last starter I used up without adding to it, which is a shame because I had that starter for years. Sourdough starter is natural yeast. Why do I want to make and use it instead of just buying yeast? Well, commercial yeast [...]
Although I prefer a natural unsculpted look I really like the landscaping at the Bay Village, Oh library. so pretty!
Poster I saw at the Bay Village, OH library. Although Cuyahoga county makes a special effort for computer recycling in the month of August, you can recycle your old computers at any time. Here’s how: 1. Take off your personal info that is stored on the computer. This includes financial information, photos, address book/contact information, [...]
A few pics from my balcony garden! above is Bell Pepper Cherry Tomatoes Okra More Bell Pepper
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