Write a Caption for this Photo of a Chicken Coop

We’re not sharp enough right now to come up with a good caption for this photo so we’ll put it out to the lot of  you.
Leave a comment below to share your caption for this photograph of a row of hens perched on the fence of a chicken coop.  They represent half of the hen population [...]

It’s ‘Wainscot’ not ‘Wainscoat’… and How To Install It

Our bathroom got a makeover over the past few weeks thanks to the heroic painting efforts of misses weekndr and my own do-it-yourself inspiration.
We installed wainscoting in our bathroom and used the opportunity to choose a new paint color, one that “complements our skin tones” as the wife notes, and lightens up the place. Before [...]

Build a Bed… at 1/8th Scale

Good bye futon frame, we’re getting our first-ever grown-up bed. This week I’m going to start building a mission-style bed for the homestead and I decided to build a model in 1/8th scale to make sure the proportions are right. It’s made from scaps of white oak and assembled with a hot-glue gun. The mattress [...]

Home Remedy: How to Treat a Rash from Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac

Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron). Photo by Martin Labar
If you are allergic to poison ivy, oak, or sumac, and you acquire a rash after being exposed to one of these wicked plants, there are a variety of home remedies and doctor-prescribed treatments that claim to help you through these itchy times.
As a regular victim of poison ivy [...]

How to Raise Tadpoles Into Frogs

We’ve been running a home biology project on our back deck over the past few weeks. The kids scooped up a cup of tiny tadpoles from a small pond at their friends’ house and they’ve been living in a glass goldfish bowl outside night and day, rain or shine.
Their transformation from tiny-tailed dots into four-legged [...]