Country diary: one lone earwig stands her ground in the logpile

Langstone, Hampshire: She guards a clutch of 40 eggs with a maternal care that is unusual among insects

Hidden away in a damp, shady corner at the foot of my fence, a half-metre-high heap of logs and leaves has rotted down to rich humus, the few remaining tree stumps and branches pitted with insect boreholes.

As I turn over a partially buried tunnel of bark, woodlice scatter, a cluster of garden and brown-lipped snails shrink back into their banded shells, and a common cryptops centipede scuttles for cover.

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Country diary: one lone earwig stands her ground in the logpile

Langstone, Hampshire: She guards a clutch of 40 eggs with a maternal care that is unusual among insects

Hidden away in a damp, shady corner at the foot of my fence, a half-metre-high heap of logs and leaves has rotted down to rich humus, the few remaining tree stumps and branches pitted with insect boreholes.

As I turn over a partially buried tunnel of bark, woodlice scatter, a cluster of garden and brown-lipped snails shrink back into their banded shells, and a common cryptops centipede scuttles for cover.

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How To Make A Beautiful Clothespin Sunflower Wreath

Create an original clothespin sunflower wreath, that is easy to recreate and is a perfect summer decoration. This project is a great way to brighten up your Spring porch or front door. A little color goes a long way and this DIY wreath is so sunshiny and bright.

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How To Make A Beautiful Clothespin Sunflower Wreath

Create an original clothespin sunflower wreath, that is easy to recreate and is a perfect summer decoration. This project is a great way to brighten up your Spring porch or front door. A little color goes a long way and this DIY wreath is so sunshiny and bright.

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Q&A: Carrier and Company on how to give your house a spring refresh

The Washington Post hosts a live chat on home and design every week.

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Q&A: Carrier and Company on how to give your house a spring refresh

The Washington Post hosts a live chat on home and design every week.

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Popular color from the past - Old Fashioned

A gal on Instagram recently messaged me asking about the blue paint color that was on our walls several years back. She did some research on the blog and had found where I had shared the color name, which is, Old Fashioned by True Value.  However........ True Value is a smaller hardware store and may not be located near you.  When the gal did locate a True Value they were unable to find the

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Popular color from the past - Old Fashioned

A gal on Instagram recently messaged me asking about the blue paint color that was on our walls several years back. She did some research on the blog and had found where I had shared the color name, which is, Old Fashioned by True Value.  However........ True Value is a smaller hardware store and may not be located near you.  When the gal did locate a True Value they were unable to find the

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Tea and Muffins

                                                             Hello everyone,                                                  I thought I would have been posting                                                  last week but there was so much                                                  to do in the garden that I didn't                                                  get time.

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Tea and Muffins

                                                             Hello everyone,                                                  I thought I would have been posting                                                  last week but there was so much                                                  to do in the garden that I didn't                                                  get time.

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Clutter into cash: How to sell all those old DVDs, Legos and other unwanted items sitting at home

Even during a pandemic, there are ways to sell housewares, vintage clothes and more — thanks to the Internet.

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Clutter into cash: How to sell all those old DVDs, Legos and other unwanted items sitting at home

Even during a pandemic, there are ways to sell housewares, vintage clothes and more — thanks to the Internet.

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How to turn your unwanted stuff into cash

Even during a pandemic, there are ways to sell household items, vintage clothes and more — thanks to the Internet.

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How to turn your unwanted stuff into cash

Even during a pandemic, there are ways to sell household items, vintage clothes and more — thanks to the Internet.

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Giving plants the space they need: Why we thin veggies but crowd a hedge

Like people, some plants prefer some elbow room while others enjoy a large group of like-minded friends.

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Giving plants the space they need: Why we thin veggies but crowd a hedge

Like people, some plants prefer some elbow room while others enjoy a large group of like-minded friends.

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Backyard Dreaming!

Here in Idaho the weather has been so nice lately. So it has me wanting to spend more time outdoors to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine.....especially after being cooped up in the house for so long.  The outdoors are always so welcoming, Don't you Agree? Right now our backyard furniture consist of a bunch of random pieces that I've picked up from yard sales or have had for years. So just for fun,

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Backyard Dreaming!

Here in Idaho the weather has been so nice lately. So it has me wanting to spend more time outdoors to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine.....especially after being cooped up in the house for so long.  The outdoors are always so welcoming, Don't you Agree? Right now our backyard furniture consist of a bunch of random pieces that I've picked up from yard sales or have had for years. So just for fun,

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'This is no damn hobby': the 'gangsta gardener' transforming Los Angeles

Lockdown is an unlikely ally for Ron Finley, who has set about revolutionising attitudes to gardening in inner city areas

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“The garden seduces me,” says Ron Finley, who is known around the world as the “gangsta gardener”. “I’ll get out there at 9am and next thing I know it’s 7pm … gardening takes your mind off things. Everybody should have a garden to cultivate.”

English horticulturalists fiddling with well-maintained roses might know the feeling. But for Finley, gardening isn’t about producing the perfect floral pom-pom, it’s about growing people. Planting is his unusual form of protest, and having a garden stuffed full of beautiful plants and vegetables is a byproduct of that.

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'This is no damn hobby': the 'gangsta gardener' transforming Los Angeles

Lockdown is an unlikely ally for Ron Finley, who has set about revolutionising attitudes to gardening in inner city areas

• Read more stories from our wild cities week

“The garden seduces me,” says Ron Finley, who is known around the world as the “gangsta gardener”. “I’ll get out there at 9am and next thing I know it’s 7pm … gardening takes your mind off things. Everybody should have a garden to cultivate.”

English horticulturalists fiddling with well-maintained roses might know the feeling. But for Finley, gardening isn’t about producing the perfect floral pom-pom, it’s about growing people. Planting is his unusual form of protest, and having a garden stuffed full of beautiful plants and vegetables is a byproduct of that.

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SUMMER FASHION

Day.....whatever. Ha Ha. I am grateful for a few things though.  My BIL is getting so much stronger.  My sister has been busy cooking and he has gained back 11 lbs which is good as he needs to be strong for his surgery on May 1st.  He is walking everyday and she said he is back to running her life....hee haw.  It's so true about chemo.....it really does take you right to the brink of

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SUMMER FASHION

Day.....whatever. Ha Ha. I am grateful for a few things though.  My BIL is getting so much stronger.  My sister has been busy cooking and he has gained back 11 lbs which is good as he needs to be strong for his surgery on May 1st.  He is walking everyday and she said he is back to running her life....hee haw.  It's so true about chemo.....it really does take you right to the brink of

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'Nature survives in the tiniest corners': the City of London's wild heart

The Barbican is famous for its Brutalist architecture, but the concrete conceals a well-kept secret: a community garden where wildlife thrives

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“There was literally a frog orgy in that one. There is no other way to describe it,” says Jules Waite, from the London Wildlife Trust, pointing at a pond in the Barbican wildlife garden, one of the few areas of London’s Square Mile whose inhabitants are not in lockdown.

In February, frogs are the first garden residents to feel their passions ignite as they emerge from compost heaps or log piles and slip into the ponds. Self-isolation is the last thing on their mind and by April, the hundreds of tadpoles whizzing around the pond are testament to their efforts. Songbirds are going berserk trying to impress one another and summer visitors such as blackcaps have arrived to set up nest.

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Fireplace Makeover and New Canvas Art

Hello Hello. I hope  that you are having a wonderful day today. So my most favorite blog post to write are the ones where I share with you little makeovers that I have made around our home. I also love to write blog post to share about awesome companies that I think are amazing and want to pass along to to you.  So with that said, today's blog post is a super fun one for me to write about today.

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