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Sleeping Porch to Sun Room

July 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

We just haven’t used our second-story sleeping porch much. Recently we got rid of the extra furniture that was, more or less, being stored in there. A fairly new TV, beanbag chair, stacks of books. Now there is all kinds of room. I still have a ceiling-high bookcase, a work desk […]

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Tags: garden · great ideas · antiques

Patio Drip System Installed

June 8th, 2007 · No Comments

I’m still waiting for the second drip kit to arrive (they goofed the order) but I did get the deck all decked out with tan drip lines to all the flower pots. I have misters on the Boston Ferns and when I turned it on I could swear I heard the ferns thank me. […]

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My Patio Watering Drip System Arrived

June 4th, 2007 · 2 Comments

When I went out to water the hanging plants, my eyes immediately were drawn to the package at the foot of the door. It’s here! I grabbed it and headed into the house full of joy (yes, be happy for the little things in life.)
I slit open the box with a knife and […]

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Tags: garden · great ideas · projects

Patio Drip Irrigation

May 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

I ordered my patio drip-irrigation kit today. I hate to put the burden of watering all my hanging baskets and flower pots on my deck and porch on my in-laws every time we leave town. They have enough to do feeding the cats and cleaning our cats’ litterbox.  It should […]

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