Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
As the weather gets warmer, many of us spend time puttering in the yard. Whether it’s mowing and edging, planting and mulching, or just directing others to do those things- a pretty yard makes everyone that can see it a little bit happier. This upcoming Friday and Saturday you have a great opportunity to get some wonderful plants- annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetables, and hanging baskets- all while helping out a good cause. The Knox Parks
The magazine version of This Old House arrived in the mail yesterday. It was a very good day. There are only 2 magazines that I immediately sit down and read cover-to-cover, and this is one of them (the other is Wired). It is a perfect mix of interesting stories, tasteful design ideas, and moderate skill project suggestions. Each issue is full of useful tips and addresses issues that relate to me, since we actually live
You bought a house. As part of the landscaping, it has a Koi pond in the back yard. It’s nice and all, but you’re really not that interested in taking care of the Koi and you’ve got small kids that are going to use it alternatively as a swimming pool. Not good. So, what are you going to do with these fish? And then what are you going to do with the resulting hole that’s
Maybe you’ve been following our tomato experiment. A couple of weeks ago we were rejoicing about beating the neighborhood critters. Well, now our plants have succumbed to the blight. Eh. Our five remaining tomato plants still have tons of tomatoes on them, it’s just that we lose about 15 tomatoes for every 1 we harvest. These are some ugly tomatoes… This past week we did declare a small victory, as we were able to save
They sure do grow up quickly! It seems like just yesterday we were preparing to raise our very own little ones. Carefully preparing the bed, gathering the necessary accesories, and mixing the right amount of food. And now, just look at them, we couldn’t be prouder. This has been our best tomato crop ever – by a large margin. The small plants pictured in our late-May post have grown to the size of small shrubs