Author Archives: Marisa

Raised Beds and Garden Greenhouses

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Marisa

Our garden has undergone many shapes, types and sizes.  We have done the tilled in the ground type.  We used railroad ties and trucked in good dirt and tried that.  We have fenced it in with the chickens (huge mistake).  … Continue reading →

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Greenhouses

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Marisa

My mom used to say, “The old people were always happy till the Sears catalog arrived.” For anyone who never received the Sears catalog it was like YouTube and Amazon had a baby, and it was made from paper. When … Continue reading →

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The Buck Stops Here

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Marisa

A Trader Bucks opened here in Logansport, Indiana.  We were so excited because we had decided to get a booth and become a vendor.  The idea had been that this year we would finally get some inventory built up and … Continue reading →

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Basement Bedroom Ceiling Tile Redo

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Marisa

This is how it started. This small fairly inexpensive little part. It seemed so innocent, so well intentioned, so needed, right before it all went horribly, horribly wrong in a spectacular manner.

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Automate Print Head Cleaning To Prevent Clogs

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Marisa

Have you ever gone to print something and the printer either won’t print or prints streaks or has missing print?  Ink can dry and cause the print head to no longer be able to move ink through it.  Some kinds … Continue reading →

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Chom Chom Roller Pet Hair Remover review

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Marisa

This review is not sponsored, we are not getting paid, they don’t even know we did it. It has nothing to do with woodworking, gardening, art, sewing, and I had promised myself I was going to cut back on review … Continue reading →

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SVG creation using GIMP & Inkscape

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Marisa

Bill purchased some clear acrylic light kits to do laser engraving on.  Often the biggest hold up, for us, is the “need to do make something really spectacular and special” syndrome.  Because these kits are cool the search was on … Continue reading →

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DEWALT 20V MAX Cordless Battery Powered Pruner

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Marisa

The problem and the solution

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Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Marisa

When it’s too little you have to step up your watering game.  We have been adding automatic watering solutions into our gardens and it’s been wonderful.  A problem that we have is getting water to areas that have no access … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 9, 2024 by Marisa

Happy Mother’s Day.  At our house we say that with flowers but not cut flowers with flats of flowers.  I bought, delivered, and then planted flowers for my mom, whose birthday fell very close to Mother’s Day, so she got … Continue reading →

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