Spring Has Sprung!
I love the springtime – even here in West Texas. Or, maybe I should say, especially here in West Texas! After such cold, brown winters (compared to lower Alabama), the green of spring is a welcome...
View ArticleTransplanting Hoop House Plants
I posted quite a while ago about building our own hoop house. It has worked wonderfully – except for the high winds whipping the plastic around. We finally took the plastic off and left the small...
View ArticleRogue Cows!
Have you ever seen the damage a herd of rogue cows can do to a vineyard and a garden? We were spared disaster when a neighbor’s herd of Black Angus cows got out and went roaming – through our vineyard...
View ArticleICF Greenhouse
Since the vineyard work has slowed and we are not so pushed for time, we have started building a greenhouse and a new filter house. John’s brother Joe was a great help in getting both projects...
View ArticleSquash, Grilled
I don’t know about you, but our garden is producing a lot of zucchini and yellow squash and,we sure are enjoying it! In an effort to keep the kitchen cool, this year I tried something new - grilling!...
View ArticleSquash, Freezing
Is your garden providing you with more squash than you know what to do with? Do you have access to fresh squash at a local farmer’s market? Whether it is zucchini or yellow summer squash, have I got...
View ArticleHoeing = Exercise & Vitamin D!
As you may already know, I have always made a place in my schedule for exercise. Exercise releases “happy hormones”, or endorphins, which give an overall sense of well-being – who doesn’t want that!...
View ArticleGreenhouse ICF Walls Poured
We have finally gotten back around to work on the greenhouse that we started way back when! I think we have too many projects going on at the same time! And, when you do the work yourself on all of...
View ArticleHow to Apply EIFS to a Greenhouse
Today on Family Friday I would like to share an update on the greenhouse. Last week we poured the concrete in the ICF walls (insulated concrete forms). While the ICF has excellent insulation value, we...
View ArticleGreenhouse EIFS Completed
A couple of weeks ago I detailed how we had started to apply EIFS to the greenhouse walls. Well, this week we completed them! EIFS is an acronym for exterior insulation finishing system and also...
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