With a house full of people and a to-do list a mile long, holiday housekeeping can be a real chore. No, you do not need to shell out for Merry Maids, or buy every new cleaning gadget on the market this season. Here is a five step plan for keeping your house neat through Christmas, […]
Do you find yourself in the middle of a baking project, looking for the baking soda? You know you just bought some last week, but you can’t find it. Maybe you didn’t buy any last week, maybe you bought baking powder and you just thought it was baking soda. You write “baking soda” on your […]
Everyone would love to live in a way that is more friendly to our environment. When growing a garden it is something very challenging to get rid of pests that cause damage to your crops without using chemical poisons such as commercial pesticides. These chemicals have been known to cause diseases including cancer and respiratory […]
Our local palapas may seem exotic to gringos, but they’re actually very practical and environmentally sound. Palapa roofs have been around in Mexico for about 2,000 years. Sometimes associated by local Mexicans with being poor, palapa roofs aren’t really the cheapest way to go. Even so, they’re often preferred by Gringos because of their beauty, […]
IN Europe, specifically in England, the rock gardens are well developed with lots of excellent examples of the art. In the US, rock gardens are unfortunately under utilized as a canvas to improving the beauty of your house. That said, there are numerous landscape gardeners that build incredible rock gardens in the US, mostly on […]