Wednesday, May 1, 2013
It’s time for a little lawn care. I’m not obsessive about my lawn, but I like a nice green swath between the flower beds suitable for badminton, croquet or general lounging. It need not be Kentucky bluegrass, and certainly should have some dandelions, those cheerful harbingers of warm …
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Perhaps to alleviate the dreariness of long northern winters, Scandinavian style tends toward folk-art florals, crisp checks, plaids and stripes, and wood furniture left natural or painted in colors that evoke the region’s natural beauty. The look is …
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Hackensack, N.J. — Builder Jeremy Teicher bought a century-old house in Englewood, N.J., intending to replace it with a new home. But instead of just demolishing the old house, he had it dismantled, so the pine floors, beadboard ceiling, solid oak doors and other features could be reused …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
I love spring. It brings warm weather and plenty of excuses to stop working on the computer and get outside. Here are some of my chores for this week and next: 1) Prune the grape vines while they’re …
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Washington — Armeane M. Choksi acknowledges he’s a bit of a “gadget freak” in explaining his need for an uber-connected house. Whether he’s sitting in his second-floor home office or vacationing out of the country, Choksi can control …
Friday, April 19, 2013
Hayley Goodwin, 9, looks off the porch as her brother Abel Goodwin, 7, pushes a wheelbarrow across the grass while they do yard work in West Lebanon, N.H. on April 13, 2013. Valley News — Libby March …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of cold, raw, rainy days. And I really don’t want any more snow or slush. We’ve had some good warm and sunny days, but I know I shouldn’t expect them consistently yet. There are things I do to make me …
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
I grow a lot of my own food and strive to be as self-sufficient at possible. So I store, freeze, can and dehydrate lots of garden produce each summer and fall. I hate buying produce at a store …
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Jean Adams, of Hartland, helps hold a stick for Jonas Tucker, 4, also of Hartland, as they clean sticks off Adams’ mother’s lawn in South Royalton yesterday. Adams was visiting her mother with Jonas’ mother and said that …
Monday, April 8, 2013
Jillian Basner, 10, of Waldoboro, Maine, rinses off her grandparents’ van while her grandfather Steve Cook, of Claremont, touches up a few spots at his home last week. Basner and her brother, Josiah, 8, have been visiting their …
By Don's Early Light
