Author Archives: billcarpenter4

Rain, Rain, Rain

I think we have had the wettest May I can remember. Yesterday we got almost 4″ of rain. At least that’s what my unscientific rain gauge, I mean plastic bucket, was reading Sunday morning. Fortunately, by mid-morning Sunday there was enough of a break in the weather to start another gardening project. My new composting […]

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Homemade Laundry Soap

Came acorss this blog the other day regarding homemade laundry detergent and it sparked my interest. With a couple young kids we do a lot of laundry. I am curious how many people may have tried it and I am considering giving it a go.

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Cucumber Defense System

So I have lost half of my cucumber crop to a predator that only seems to eat my cucumber seedling leaves. I was bumming until I came up with what seems like a brilliant idea. To top it off this idea uses some short lengths of hardware cloth I had left over from other projects. […]

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