I am hoping to have a vegetable garden this summer and need your help. Please share your best garden tips from constructing raised beds to what to plant together to how to keep animals out of the garden. And, of course, canning tips! I can’t wait to make pickles! I’ve visited some other blogs and…
Come to Maine: Coastal botanical gardens
If an afternoon spent wandering through a beautiful landscape is your cup of tea, then you won’t want to miss the Coastal Botanical Gardens at 132 Botanical Gardens Drive in Boothbay. During winter months, try the holiday lights walk. It’s pretty awesome. Admission is charged. It’s reasonable. LODGING If you’re traveling to Boothbay from away,…
Come to Maine: Hot air balloon festival
Come to Maine in August during the Great Falls Hot Air Balloon Festival! It’s a great time. I attend every year. I’ve been to the morning and evening launches when the balloons take off for flight. It’s so magical. The festival takes place in Lewiston and Auburn along the banks of the Androscoggin River. There…
Learn something new: Spoons
We all have a silverware drawer. Usually we have a matching set or two sets of silverware, but we all seem to have that one spoon or one fork that we don’t know where it came from. Did someone leave it during a party? Did you use a friend’s and forget to return it? Did…
Refresher on the organizing/cleaning/decluttering challenge
Check out the organizing / cleaning / decluttering challenges. Take a week, take a month, but get started! Some challenges will be simple while other challenges will be more difficult.
Week 11 Challenge: Washer, Dryer, Laundry Room
If you’re lucky enough to have a laundry room on the main floor of your home, I envy you! In my ranch-style home, the washer and dryer are in the basement on the opposite end of the house from the stairs. Why do I mention that? Our old washing machine used to go “off kilter”…
Response to Challenge Week 10: Deep cleaned floors
Guest Writer If you don’t have a steam cleaner yet, you need to get one! I recommend this one, which was recommended to me by my sister. It’s the Shark Professional Steam Pocket Mop Model S3601. I did some research in addition to my sister’s recommendation. Look at these two floor tiles: one was cleaned…
Blogging: In the beginning
Have you started your blog yet or are you still thinking about it? Sometimes you just need a little nudge to get going.
Challenge Week 10: Deep clean your floors!
Tile floors: Try a steam cleaner. I saw one used on a 1970s kitchen floor and it was amazing to see the dirt that came out of that floor. And the steam was gentle enough for that old floor! I researched the best floor steamers and spent quite a while on various product review sites….
Response to Week 9 Challenge: Appliances
Grouping Appliances We grouped all appliances together on an unused shelf unit so we could see how many appliances we own. We gathered them from the counter, closet and various cabinets. Then we rated them by how often they were used.
