Oh, contain yourself! My garden plan for this year consists of three 4×4′ raised bed containers, which means I needed to build two more boxes. Here’s my simple “how to” for building raised garden beds. Supply List (for each 4×4′ box) 2×6 boards* – 40 feet total (if you have to load them in your car you’ll want five 8-foot pieces, or you could cut them in the…
It’s practically Travel Tuesday around here! I wrote several posts this week about my travels through Romania last August. I really enjoyed Romania, and now is a great time to experience the Eastern European countries of Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary since you have the ease of travel from being in the EU, but the cheaper prices since they use their own currencies still (HUF, RON, & BGN) instead…
It’s time for another guest post by my favorite gardener and domestic diva, the soybean. She cooks, she gardens, she sews… now if only she would purchase a pygmy goat and chickens for an urban farm… What to do when it’s raining and you can’t garden? Find cute botanical prints for a project! After several years of sharing my mornings with the group of neighborhood children and parents…
I’ve been considering going vegan for a while (and #67 on my 101 Things in 1001 Days list is: Go vegan for 1 month). So I decided to go vegan for a week instead. Being vegan isn’t that much of a change for me since I’m already a vegetarian, but it’s slightly more inconvenient. The main reason for trying vegan for a week is to detox and be…
Packing light is one of the top questions I get about my round the world career break. We all know that person who drags a mammoth rolling suitcase on vacation and many of us have encountered the smelly guy who brags about only carrying a daypack. I like to think that there’s a happy medium that anyone can accomplish. Here’s how to pack for a long trip. One year,…
The May issue of Sunset magazine came this weekend! I got some great inspiration from the “pocket garden” feature (page 40). They have a plan for 2′, 3′ and 4′ square gardens… adding a few more items to each. Sunset has really stepped it up in the past year – it’s the perfect combo of inspiration and how-to. I was debating whether or not to grow cucumbers this…
It had been a few years since I updated my portfolio/resume website. I had let the hosting expire, only keeping the domain. So I’ve now changed the DNS and pointed it at a blogger site to keep things simple (and cheaper). Most of the free templates were either too simple, but not clean design or really detailed. I finally found a free Blogger template that was customizable enough…
It’s time for another round of Gardening With the Soybean. She’s just returned from Mexico (sans-Swine flu… we hope), and is in the planning stages for her 2009 Victory Garden. “Victory Garden” has such a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Note: thesoybean is still referring to her garden as a “vegetable garden”, but in time (and with WWII posters’ help), I’m sure we can convert her. With…
The bulk of my iTunes playlists revolve around working out. The rest are travel related, and have been incredibly useful on the road, especially my Sleep/Yoga mix. I can fall asleep pretty much anywhere, but part of that has to do with listening to Air and Sigur Rós. Next up, finishing #94. I just need to update my summer mix. :)…
Flight 001 — my favorite travel shop — is having a 30% off sale! I got quite a few things for my round the world trip here. They have some really unique products, along with travel staples. Get 30% off sitewide at Flight001.com. Promo Code: BIRTHDAY Expires: April 19 ,2009 Here are a few of my favorites things: Go Clean Wet Suit Bag – This bag is brilliant! …
The iTunes Free Song of the Week is actually good this week! Cage The Elephant – “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” I’ve heard it a few times on 94.7 and initially thought it was new White Stripes/Jack White. It’s a good week for free music. Lifehacker had a 773 Free Songs on Amazon post too. I found a few good ones by Neko Case, Beirut, The Streets,…
It’s been over a year since I quit my job to travel. Now that I’ve been back on the job hunt for a month, I’ve assembled a list of ways to streamline your job search. Set up RSS feeds. Just because you’re unemployed doesn’t mean that you want to spend hours every day combing through the same websites. First, create a list of sites that you frequent for…