Posts from ‘July, 2006’

For years now, scrapbooking has had many enthusiasts, from Mark Twain to President Thomas Jefferson.
This hobby involves creatively putting together printed memorabilia – from photos, articles from newspapers, stamps, calling cards, receipts, movie tickets, postcards, dried flowers, even candy wrappers – as long as the item represents a memorable occasion in a person’s life. [...]

The idea of no-dig gardening was developed by an Australian named Esther Deans. It was originally developed both as a labor saving idea and a method to rejuvenate badly depleted soil in a vegetable garden.
The process involves starting with layers of newspaper, then by adding lucerne hay, straw and compost in succeeding layers, you [...]