As you know, we have a tiny garden in self-watering planters on our porch. This makes caring for our herbs and veggies easy. We only need to refill the water reservoirs about once a week, and we get much better results than we did with the old pots. However, we hit a bump in the […]

It’s almost embarrassing to call this a recipe because it’s so simple, but it’s a great thing to have in the fridge on hot days like this weekend. Easy Limeade (Adapted from Martha Stewart – sorry, Cheryl!) 3/4 cup lime juice 1/2 cup sugar 5 cups water 1.     Make simple syrup by boiling 1 cup […]

I’ve been tracking my energy use with the MyEnergy Dashboard for about a year now, and it’s a really easy way to parse data. You just save your username and password for your utility’s site (electricity, natural gas, or water), and each month it automatically updates on MyEnergy. Then you can browse through the information […]