by Billie Nicholson | Apr 16, 2018 | Flood Recovery, Gardening
If your property is flooded, rescuing and recovering your home and personal belongings will be first on your mind, but sooner or later, you will need to face the questions of how to recover and repair your garden and landscape. The Agriculture Department of North...
by Billie Nicholson | Apr 16, 2018 | compost tea, Gardening
Robert & Billie Nicholson No, we mean compost tea. Want to save money and the environment at the same time? Well, we just may have your cup of tea. Fertilize your garden and trees all year long at little to no cost by repurposing the very materials that most...
by Billie Nicholson | Mar 14, 2018 | Gardening, Praying Mantis
The Praying Mantis is a very interesting insect. Like most insects it has six legs, two wings and two antennae. It has large bulging eyes and a swiveling head, the better to see it’s prey, and powerful, spine forearms, to tightly hold it, and strong chewing mouth...
by Billie Nicholson | Oct 7, 2016 | Gardening, Herbs, Preparedness
Making Herbs Last As summer winds down, do you have lots of herbs still growing in your garden? If you’re wondering what to do with them, we’ve collected several suggestions on preserving herbs for winter. Adrienne from WholeNewMom.com recommends freezing herbs. Here...
by Billie Nicholson | Sep 16, 2016 | Gardening
Most of us are sick and tired of working our gardens at just about the time we could get a second wind and start our fall gardens. Many veggies, particularly root crops and leafy green will make great eating into the winter. There is nothing more satisfying than...
by Billie Nicholson | May 4, 2016 | Electricity, Emergency Preparations, Gardening, Greenhouse, Water
Billie and Robert Nicholson In our last issue we wrote about the beginnings of a greenhouse. This month we will concentrate on some of the details we included to make the greenhouse more functional. After building the frame, we used pressure treated lumber to build-in...
