Archive for December 2013
Bringing the Outside In | Our Great Room Renovation … per Doug
[Lesson learned: Britt and I need to be clearer as to whom is going to write which post – we weren’t when it came to writing about our great room. See Britt’s post below. Since we offered different points of view and some different information, we’re going to go ahead and post them both. You’ll…
Read MoreFrom “Land of the Lost” to “Scott Family Farm” … for Our Backyard Chickens
When thinking of how to describe what our side yard used to be like, I couldn’t help but think of one of my favorite childhood after-school TV shows – “The Land of the Lost”. While there were no Sleestaks nor close calls of being eaten by a dinosaur, it certainly was the part of our…
Read MoreSweet Potato Surprise … Tasty and Very Easy Sweet Potato Fries Recipe!
Our long awaited, but long forgotten sweet potatoes are here! This summer while planting our garden we tried our hand at growing sweet potatoes with just a couple of sweet potato plants. Unfortunately the plants themselves were a favorite for our resident wild bunnies to nibble on. We tried to ward them off through various…
Read MoreBringing the Outside In | Our Great Room Renovation … per Britt
So this is often where you will find me writing. This section of bringing the outside into your home…this is where I thrive. I don’t have the green thumb that my Resident Gardener has, but I sure love the aesthetics of nature and enjoy finding ways to make them a part of our home. Often…
Read MoreNot Your Average Treehouse
My girls had been asking me to build them a playhouse for some time. For months I thought through design ideas, but I couldn’t get the thought of this diminutive structure being outgrown by both of my girls no sooner than I finished building it…and then it would go unused and become less than worthless…
Read MoreFamily Fireside Chats
There is nothing more mesmerizing to me than staring into a fire. I could do it for hours. At the hunting camp growing up, I can remember ending every day hanging out at the campfire – not only because there was nothing else to do and it was freezing cold everywhere else, but because there…
Read MoreEvergreen Cuttings…Underutilized Throughout the Year
Christmas seems like one of the only times of the year when people use evergreen cuttings inside their homes…and when I say evergreen I mean a landscape shrub or tree that stays green all year round…not just from a fir or spruce tree. I guess one of the few exceptions to that is bringing in…
Read MoreRYGblog Categories…What’s In a Name?
When Britt and I first started talking about doing a blog we knew that we had to come up with a creative way to organize our ideas that captured our passions in a memorable way. We identified six areas in which we’d personally “redeemed our ground” at home and felt like they would resonate with others too. We came…
Read MoreHow We’ve Redeemed Our Ground … and Will!
Winter is a unique time of year for those of us who enjoy spending a lot of time outside in our yards. This is a common time for organizing our tools and cleaning things up, but it’s also a great opportunity to reflect over the past year’s projects, while looking forward to the next. As…
Read MoreRedeem Their Ground…At Home Too!
Although we’re going to invest in redeeming the ground for the kids at Beat the Drum in Kenya…that’s certainly not where it has to start or end. Helping redeem the ground of neighbors or friends…or someone we barely know…is a great way to pay it forward too. It doesn’t have to be overseas…and in fact,…
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