Posted June 19th, 2011
by Carolyn Simmons
I harvested my Red Currants today. Wow! I can hardly believe how many currants I got from one bush. I didn’t have time to do anything with them right now so I’ve frozen them. I read somewhere that the easiest way to get them off the stalks is to run a fork down the stalk and they just pop off. So I tried it and it really works! No more fiddling about trying to pluck the tiny green remainder of the stalk out, they come off clean as a whistle.
I froze them flat and then bagged them up in the freezer. The
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Tags: Currants, Red Currants Posted in Gardening Consultant
Posted June 18th, 2011
by Clifton Washburn
Lex Pott, founded by a Design Academy of Eindhoven graduate, creates inspiring furniture out of processed, and not so processed, trees. His Fragments of Nature collection consist of wooden tables and bookshelves made by mixing geometric timber boards with raw tree branches just out of the nearby woods. The mix of the industrial and the natural world, together with an inherent criticism of mass-produced items, makes his pieces sustainable and unique.
Moved by the monotonous rhythm of the wood processing industry where a tree is stripped of its branches and converted into geometric standard forms, Lex Pott’s collection stands out and makes a point. F
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Tags: Furniture, Lex Pott Posted in Home Design Today
Posted June 11th, 2011
by Carolyn Simmons
Peas are typically one of the first vegetables to be planted in the early spring each year. Not only are they easy to grow, but they are also quite prolific, producing an abundance of little green pods each year.
Its not uncommon to get oodles of peas from just a few plants in a season.
One of the trickiest things about growing peas is knowing when to pick them. It can be difficult to know when the peas are ready for harvesting if you are a new vegetable gardener.
Here are a few tips on knowing how and when to pick peas in your vegetable garden so that you dont end up harvesting a bunch of empty pods.
There are several different types of peas that you can grow in your vegetable garden.
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Posted June 7th, 2011
by admin
When it comes to cleaning a bay window there are a few things that you need to understand which also work on almost any other window. The main thing you need to know is that cleaning with plain water is almost a waste because of the fact that plain water won’t take a lot of the calcium deposits and scum off the glass, you need soap in order to get that to happen.
Use a razor blade to scrape glass – What most people don’t realize is that if you have anything sticky or hard on the glass all you have to do is take a razor blade and scrape it off. The n Full Article…
Tags: Bay Window, Window Posted in Home Design Today
Posted June 1st, 2011
by Clifton Washburn
Finding their roots in Americas heartland, these elegant limited-edition accent pieces are made from salvaged wood reclaimed from Thomas Edisons old phonograph factory in New London, Wisconsin. Each piece is individually hand-shaped and finished by master craftsmen, and they can be used as stools or end tables. Theyre available from Room&Board in a variety of styles, but as with all limited-edition pieces, quantities wont last for long.
Tags: Factory, Salvaged Wood Posted in Home Design Today