Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 10, 2012
We spent the past weekend yanking weeds, trimming the edges, spreading mulch, and sprucing up our front yard landscaping. It has been a problem area ever since we re-did our landscaping in 2007. While plants in other areas of the landscape have flourished. Do It Yourself Landscaping: Take 2. and more WEEDS.
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 12, 2011
The DIY project that we are most proud of is the landscaping in our front yard. Read more about our Front Yard Landscaping: We Did It Ourselves. Read more about Front Yard Landscaping: Take 2. Do you have a landscaping project on your to-do list? I wrote about the process 2 years ago and it is still my most popular post.
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Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 17, 2012
We spent Easter weekend sprucing up our front and back yard landscaping. We spent this past weekend, cleaning up my square foot garden. As you can see, it needed some attention: Some of the 'weeds' in the picuture is the mint that I naively planted 10 years ago when we built my garden box. Have you opened up your garden yet?
Family Balance Sheet
MARCH 13, 2012
Whether you are a novice gardener or a master gardener, there are many free or low cost gardening seminars, workshops, and events happening at this time of year. You'll walk away with great information about this year's gardening trends, gardening techniques, and maybe even a plant or two. I chose broccoli.
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 10, 2011
Last year, I chronicled my box garden conversion from random planting to the more calculated method, known as Square Foot Gardening. I had great success, but at the end of the season, I vowed that in 2011, I was going to replace all of the dirt in my box with new soil following the Square Foot Gardening recipe for a soil mix.
Family Balance Sheet
MARCH 2, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 1 - 2 PM | Landscape Design Workshop - Learn to create your own garden landscape. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. Saturday, March 3, 1 - 2:30 PM | Install Vinyl Flooring Workshop - Refresh your home décor with an easy and affordable vinyl flooring installation. Thanks for reading.
Family Balance Sheet
AUGUST 4, 2011
Use water collected from dehumidifier to water your garden and flower pots. When waiting for the hot water to heat up from the faucet, trap water in a jug or bucket and use it to water your garden and flower containers. Use the water from steaming vegetables and/or corn on the cob to water your garden. Limit shower time.
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