Prepare Us the Terrace If you do get a stretch of reasonable weather, a great DIY project is installing a patio area using pavers. It could be a small project like laying an area for the grill, trash cans, or a bench in the yard, or it could be for a larger patio project…
Some Like it Hot, Me Not Yesterday it was June, today it’s August. For the life of me I don’t know why it always takes me by surprise, but every summer it arrives on my doorstep like a family of out of town visitors that I insisted drop in for a visit at a…
Painting a Wall As much as I look forward to April’s arrival, it is a month of many moods. Warm one day, chance of frost the next, clear and beautiful, quickly followed by days of rain. If the weather puts your outside plans on hold, you can tackle a decorating project that will…
Crawl into Cozy I’ve always had an adversarial relationship with February. Nothing personal, it’s just in the way. I’m one of those optimists that thinks March is a Spring month, and if February would just kindly step out of line, the rest of us could get right to the budding flowers and warm…
Jingle RVA…for the Adventurer Looking to give the adrenaline seekers on your gift list a real rush this holiday season? Scroll down to see my top picks for spots across Richmond to do, learn, or create something amazing. Plus check out a few gifts to supply those adventures with the best gear. Whether those…
The Yolks on You My favorite time of the day is when I get home, pour a glass of wine, and let my chickens run loose in the yard. Poultry in motion. How did this city-slicker turned chicken-wrangler get her start you ask? Well stranger, pull up a straw bale, let me pour you a…
Getting Snippy If you want more blooms and thicker foliage this summer, now is the time to break out the pruning shears and get whacking. March, with some exceptions, is the best time to prune summer and fall blooming specimens, and shape trees and shrubs. There are two basic pruning cuts, a heading cut and…
Get a Move On Ever get some advice, and while helpful, your internal dialog is snarking; “Easy for you to say Buddy, you should try it yourself sometime.” Or when someone, let’s hypothetically say a real estate agent, suggests your closets should be thinned down to about 25% of what’s currently jammed in there, you’re…
