Vintage Home and Farm

Weeds grow in the cracks of our driveway and sidewalks. More recently, an enormous patch of beautiful flowers began to grow in the sidewalk crack near our front door. We typically try to remove the things growing in these cracks, but since the flowers started growing, we've begun to rethink whether removing them is the best option. This amazing and hardy patch of donor flowers brings us such joy. Friends and family who stop by remark on it as well. Among the flowers are yarrow, oregano, and white clover. It makes me wonder if perhaps we should intentionally plant a flowering groundcover in the driveway's many cracks. Look at all the potential for beautiful flowering groundcover in our driveway below. 

It gets so horribly cold here from October through May. In this drafty old house, we've found it difficult to warm ourselves up, and so we have been talking about putting in either a hot tub or sauna. We know that come fall and winter, the idea of slipping into a hot tub or sauna and relaxing for a bit will be pure heaven. We've also been reading about the health benefits of using a hot tub or sauna, which I especially appreciate since I have problems with poor circulation.  Since a hot tub requires maintaining the water levels and monitoring the chemicals or salt (depending on which option you choose), we decided it would be easier and more economical to put in a sauna. So, we ordered one from Costco. It was delivered rather quickly in one giant box to our front door. It took most of a day to put together, and that included the usual amount of arguing, head-banging, and starting over when it fell apart. Below are a few photos of the process and the finished result. First, Paul...