How to Set Up a Brooder for Chicks
Once you’ve determined that backyard chickens are right for you, the next step is to set up a brooder for baby chicks. A brooder is a little box or tub with just the right temperature for your baby chicks. It’s doesn’t have to be fancy at all. Your chicks won’t notice if it’s an old {Read more about How to Set Up a Brooder for Chicks}
The Good and Bad of Backyard Chickens
There are good points and bad points when it comes to having backyard chickens. For us, the good outweighs the bad and we love keeping chickens on our urban homestead otherwise known as our small backyard in the city, but it’s a good idea to know what you’re in for.
Coffee Table Tale
Design Sponge posted recently about tray tables and I was admiring how practical and useful tray tables are. Then I remembered – I have a tray table – that I made. It’s the coffee table in our living room and the table base part used to be a bench. I don’t have the part that {Read more about Coffee Table Tale}
Are Backyard Chickens Right For You?
If you’re thinking about keeping chickens on a small urban homestead, otherwise known as a backyard, there are several points to consider. Chickens are sweet pets, will give you delicious eggs, and provide you with entertainment but before heading out to pick out your chicks, you’ll want to have a few things lined up first. {Read more about Are Backyard Chickens Right For You?}
How to Hold Baby Chicks
When we have baby chicks, all the kids on our street want to come over and hold them. It’s great watching the kids be gentle with the chicks or overcoming their fears of grabbing them and holding them. When the chicks are held closely, they feel calmer and many times their eyes will close and {Read more about How to Hold Baby Chicks}
The Non-Gardeners Gardening Strategy
Gardening doesn’t come naturally to me. When someone asks me a question about my garden, it makes me laugh, because I feel like a pretend gardener. With trial and error, I’ve had some successes but mostly because I’ve learned what doesn’t work first. I only like to plant hearty herbs and vegetables that are practically {Read more about The Non-Gardeners Gardening Strategy}
Just Slip-Cover It!
Please stop me. I know there’s probably medication for this but I just can’t help myself. Since our bathroom project is 99% done and all that’s left is hanging artwork on the walls, I had to sew this little back of toilet slip-cover. Had to. It’s gingham, it’s on the bias, and it’s using leftovers {Read more about Just Slip-Cover It!}
How to Fix String Bags
I love these string grocery bags that we received as a wedding gift many years ago. They’re nice because they’re small enough to be tucked in a handbag or in a pocket while out shopping They’ve held up really well over the last 22-years but were showing signs of wear and tear (thankfully, the years {Read more about How to Fix String Bags}
Baby Chicks
We have baby chicks at our house and they’re doing just what babies do – eating, pooping, sleeping, and growing. I think they’re drinking water but I can’t tell because I never see them drinking. They’re so adorable when they’re cute and small. They’re starting to lose their downy fuzz and grow feathers. They’re turning {Read more about Baby Chicks}
Light Lanterns for Garden
These sweet little lanterns hang from the lilac tree in our backyard. I bought them at the Goodwill Clearance Center (otherwise known as “The Bins” because everything is piled up in bins and you have to dig around to find your treasures). The lanterns were attached to lights that didn’t work so I removed the {Read more about Light Lanterns for Garden}
Bathtubs in Old Bathrooms
I’ve gotten several questions from readers about our claw-foot bathtub in our old bathroom so, I thought I’d address them here. The first question is about our tub surround that we have in our bathroom. Our tub surround is not a new-fangled “all in one tub/shower combo” that you might purchase at a large warehouse {Read more about Bathtubs in Old Bathrooms}
Three Easy Herbs to Grow
This should really be titled, “Three Fool-Proof Herbs to Grow” because these herbs are easy to grow even if you’ve never gardened before. Growing herbs is an excellent way to get started gardening because you don’t need fancy tools or special equipment to do it. All of these herbs can be grown in the ground {Read more about Three Easy Herbs to Grow}
Laundry Chute Evolution
The final component of the bathroom re-do, the laundry chute door, was a real puzzle to figure out. We were really brainstorming about what to use – Brand new door? Custom made door? Build it ourselves out of wood door? Find a used cabinet door? A reader , Laurie, even had a great suggestion of {Read more about Laundry Chute Evolution}
Gingham Drawer Liners
When you love gingham like I do, you’re always looking for ways to incorporate it into a room. Our bathroom re-do was no different and even the flooring is in a gingham pattern but the squares are so big, I don’t think anyone really noticed. One of the final components to finishing the bathroom was {Read more about Gingham Drawer Liners}
DIY Project We Did Not Do Ourselves
We’re having the roof on our house replaced this week. You might be wondering why we’ve hired a contractor – even our daughter asked why we weren’t replacing the roof ourselves – since we generally do all of our home improvement projects ourselves because it saves lots of money. The truth is, we replaced the {Read more about DIY Project We Did Not Do Ourselves}
