DIY Countertops When our Airbnb guest house flooded, the insurance unsurprisingly gave us peanuts to redo it. Hiring someone else would have left us with crappy flooring, crappy fixtures and a crappy laminate countertop. We of course decided to just redo the house ourselves and put in quality ... READ the POST
Farm Lights
I woke up early before the sun was up to get some beautiful pictures of the sky and enjoy the quiet of the desert before the farm animals wake up. I wish I'd had more time as the sunrise was extra beautiful and the weather extra perfect which is rare in the extreme desert. But alas, I had ... READ the POST
The farmstay guesthouse flooded!
I haven't posted much about this even though we've been struggling with it since january. I was walking past the farmstay guest house and noticed water leaking out the walls. I ran inside and there was just inches of water covering the entire first floor. Disaster! I was so upset. The ... READ the POST
Making homemade vanilla extract is soooo easy
I have been making caramels like crazy here in preparation of heading out to the Farmer's Market and once again I have run out of vanilla extract. The local market here sells little dinky bottles of vanilla extract for nearly 8 bucks and I'd have to drive an hour to Costco to get a decent price and ... READ the POST