http://gardenshedde.com Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:06:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am a fan of sports. I like all sorts of professional sports, including those performed at the Olympics. In high school I played basketball and threw discus for the track and field team. So when it comes to sports, I'm pretty sure I know what I'm talking about. And ... http://gardenshedde.com/its-all-about-balance My next-door neighbors recently got a chicken pen in their backyard. This is definitely illegal. But besides just sticking it to the man, this is really cool idea. It is an example of the self-sufficiency that we have lost. We totally rely on other people for our food, tools, and ... http://gardenshedde.com/chickens-in-the-city I recently returned from a trip to Australia and was amazed at how the people lived there. For the most part in the cities it is the same as it is here in America, but in some of the more rural places, people have it tough and have to fight ... http://gardenshedde.com/the-wildness-of-the-outback My whole student career the word is that every year, the administration of the school sets aside a certain amount of days in case it snows. Now I have also heard that when there is too many snow days that the school has to add how ever many days they ... http://gardenshedde.com/too-many-snow-days-not-a-problem Today is a dark cold day in January when it’s hard to stay warm. Soup will taste good for the evening meal. I decided to make some ham and white bean soup. Some people call it Senate Bean Soup. I think it must be real American food. I went about ... http://gardenshedde.com/onions How many of you have received a hand-written letter in the past year? Christmas cards do not count. I thought as much. Not very many of us send or receive hand written letters any more. I can remember when I used to write long convoluted letters on my old word ... http://gardenshedde.com/hand-written-thank-you-notes If you haven't heard of vertical gardening, you will. It seems to be the new rage this year in gardening though it isn't really anything new. People have been planting vine vegetables up walls, trellises and arbors for many years. They called it survival or planting food wherever you could ... http://gardenshedde.com/vertical-gardening At our house we recently completed a survey sent to us from the power company to access the energy usage and potential savings we can have with some small and some large changes. I was very surprised at what they asked as it was more in-depth than I thought it ... http://gardenshedde.com/take-a-home-energy-evaluation Like many, I got some much wanted Christmas presents that now that I have them, I don’t really know what to do with them! The dehydrator is one such gift this year. It’s not that I have not had some success with it, it’s the fact that it takes so ... http://gardenshedde.com/using-a-dehydrator Every year for Christmas I get money from my parents, who happen to be divorced so I get close to double what most people get. Up until this year, I have either used the money to pay bills or to just blow on whatever I want but I have found ... http://gardenshedde.com/merry-christmas-to-me