Mulching Your Garden with Fallen Leaves
It’s fall, and all the leaves are doing what they do this time of year! So what’s the best way to celebrate this? Besides raking them all into a gigantic pile and flinging yourself into them, as my son loves …
The Property Brothers Were Right
Have you all ever watched an episode of The Property Brothers? If you have, then you will understand exactly what our home-buying experience was like this summer! Scott and I have been big-time HGTV junkies forever, and one of our …
How to Waste Less in Your Kitchen
One of the number one places in our house we generate waste is the kitchen. Here are a few tips for how to do a better job of minimizing your kitchen waste! I hate throwing things out. It’s not that …
Home Improvement VA :: Before + After
When we’re not working or cooking, we’re home makeover and DIY junkies. We can’t be in a house for too long before we’re planning ways to overhaul our space. After living in our house here in Virginia for five years, …
Fresh + Simple Bruschetta
This easy, simple bruschetta is the perfect appetizer, snack, or tapas plate for your summer and fall gatherings – and it’s absolutely fantastic when it’s all made completely fresh. This is the recipe that made my husband fall in love …
How to Grow and Cook Your Own Potatoes
Growing your own potatoes is remarkably easy, whether you start them from seed or from scraps of your own potatoes! And as you can imagine, when you roast them up with just a little simple butter, salt, and garlic, they’re …
Roasted Root Vegetables
Need a delicious, savory, and easy side for your autumn main dish? Roast up a tray full of fresh chopped root vegetables with just a dash of maple to go alongside your main or serve as a filler in other …
How to Use Eggshells in Your Garden
Find a second use for something you might normally throw out that will also help out your plants? That’s winning all around! Stop throwing out your eggshells – I’m going to give you a couple of ways to use them …
Backyard Garden Veggie Noodle Soup
Looking for a way to use up all the leftover veggies from your garden, your farmer’s market trip, or just your last trip to the store? Roast a few, sauté a few, and they end up in a beautiful rich …
From Armoire to Coffee Bar
Hate seeing all those ads that tell you if your furniture hasn’t stuck with the times, that you should buy some more on-trend furniture? Here’s a way to take one of the most obviously dated pieces you have and give …
Memorial Day
“Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.” Franklin D. Roosevelt It’s been more than 70 days since I sat down in that chair and laced up those …
Crispy Fish Tacos with Citrus Slaw
Let’s say cheers to the weekend and to warm weather with this California girl’s favorite lunchtime or dinnertime or anytime entree – beer-battered crispy fish tacos with citrus slaw, homemade taco crema, and all the fresh veggies you can load …