There’s a certain appeal to gravel paths and patios. They somehow manage to at once be both casual and formally elegant. A gravel path says “let’s go somewhere, and you don’t need a
In Roman days, genius loci referred to the protective spirit of a given place. Today, we refer to it as the atmosphere or general “feel” that a location has. I’ve been to public
Late at night you're driving down a dark, deserted suburban avenue and trying not to think about the Stephen King novel you re-read last week. Suddenly, in the corner of your eye, something
This week I did something terrifying and lived to tell about it: I spoke to several marauding groups of middle school kids. The fine folks at Marsteller Middle School in Bristow asked me
A few weeks ago we got the unsurprising news that processed meats were bad for you. Look, if you thought eating hot dogs and Spam was going to make you healthier than your
I opened my email this morning and there was one from Pinterest, simply titled "Homemade Weed Killer", that said Did you know vinegar is an effective weed killer? Unlike commercial products, it’s eco-friendly
Remember when you first went out on the job market? No one wanted to hire you without experience and you couldn't get experience because no one would hire you. Not only has that
Every once in a while I tackle pruning and shaping jobs for clients. For example we were doing a planting job the other day and a tree needed limbed up. I knew the
Full disclosure: I blog for WORX, so for one of my posts they sent me an Aerocart for free. When I got the offer to blog for WORX, I checked out their product
I'm a lazy gardener. With the hours I work (for which I'm grateful, of course) it's hard to find time to putter around the yard for hours. I recognize that many of my