You only need one luffa seed to feel like a master gardener. Luffa, sometimes spelled loofah, actually refers to the fruit of the vine. Luffa aegyptiaca is a member of the cucumber (Cucurbitaceae) family. It can be eaten in the young fruit stage, or it can grow big, allowing an intricate network of fibers to […]
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Tree sale and firewood
We braved the craziness of our local Master Gardener tree sale this weekend. We were not prepared last year…the advertisements said come early to get the best selection. So we showed up at 8:45 (doors open at 9am) and o.m.g. The line was wrapped around into the parking lot! It was like a black Friday […]
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At the end of week 1 of framing, the house looked like this- You can see it starting to take shape. And to think the head guy told us they would have the roof on by Monday… Since we are building ourselves, there will not be anyone coming behind to clean up. The trades […]
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Framing started this week for the most part. After a small misunderstanding with the place we were getting our lumber, it was delivered the day before New Year’s Eve. The power pole was also delivered by the electric company. It was supposed to be installed before the new year…that did not happen. The guy that […]
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Our foundation has been curing for 16 days now. Something we had planned on doing just after the pour (but got delayed due to life moving on…) was to score the concrete to look like tiles and then stain it. After discussing the options, we almost did not go through with this. Everything we […]
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