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The Couch Needs Some Help

Posted on February 25, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

I was looking at some pics when I noticed several tears on the living room couch. Hmmm… to think we don’t even sit there.

Whenever we go to our favorite department store, the kids and I enjoy looking at the furniture there. The couches always attract the most attention from us. Perhaps we know that our current couch needed some improvements to be done. New slipcovers perhaps or side tables?

I know that secretly we wish we could get a new couch but that is not even in the list of priorities.

Perhaps this is the perfect time to shop for a good slipcover cloth design. While there I can perhaps see what would be good for curtains and bedsheets.

What a nice excuse to go to the bargain stores! 😀

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Shabby Chic

Posted on February 18, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

I used to watch a Shabby Chic show back when we still had cable tv.

I don’t know why but I think I like the look of shabby chic furniture more than modern furniture though the latter would be more practical to have of course.

When we went malling last weekend, one table sort of beckoned me to look at “her” from inside a furniture store. Yes, it is a shabby chic find definitely but there was nothing shabby with the tag price attached to it (PhP85,000!).

One day, I told myself, I will get a small house and have it decorated like ala-French cottage with shabby chic theme. Maybe I can start with the house soon 🙂

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View From the Second Floor Patio

Posted on February 13, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

I enjoy going up the second floor patio of my MIL’s home.

There, while I sit on the stairs going to the third floor,  I can see a whole lot of things like treetops, lovely sunset skies, the shell lamps hanging on the trellis, flowers below the trellis, flying birds and occasionally, big planes.

Yes, the space needs new patio furniture which is the reason why I sit on the stairs.

Treetops Sunset

I don’t really mind sitting on the stairs if I see this view.

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Composting 101

Posted on February 6, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

I have talked about wanting to go back to backyard gardening here. This has been fueled more when we recently went on a field trip to a nearby ecology center and the proper way of composting, among other topics, was discussed.

The kids were made to dig for worms in compost pits. Ewww, I know but these worms are necessary to keep the garden in great shape. In fact, one can purchase these worms in gardening stores.

I looked up videos online to see how composting is done. I also came upon an interesting compost tumbler for composting.

Now, if you have a small space for a compost pit, here was what the lecturer told us: get pots (preferably clay pots) with a little garden soil in it. Put fruit and vegetable peelings, leftover food, dried leaves on top of the soil and cover with soil. Do this over and over until the soil and the other filings are mixed.

A good compost helps in fertilizing the soil to make the garden healthy. If you have a Starbucks branch near you, ask for free used coffee grounds for your garden.

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Backyard Gardening Ulit

Posted on January 27, 2010 by greenbucks| 11 Comments

litratongpinoy

Balak ko simulan muli ang aking nasirang backyard garden.

rusty trowel

Bakit ika nyo? kasi naghihinayang ako bumili ng tanglad (lemongrass) tuwing magluluto kami ng tinola at tahong na may sabaw. Pati na ring tuwing iinum kami ng pinakuluang tubig na may dahon nito, tipong tsaa, lalagyan na lang ng honey at mint leaves (may tanim din ako nito pero namatay din) para manamis-namis.

Ang basil na mabango ihalo sa ulam at masarap din sa pasta, wala na.

Miss ko na din ang aking mga okra at ampalaya.

Kelan kaya magkakatotoo ang balak ko na ito? Sana malapit na, kahit na tagtuyo pa naman o El Nino ang darating na summer.

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