My husband and I are remodeling our home. Oh, I know what you think. Remodeling and other major projects have a bad reputation for marital harmony. That isn’t the case this time. We have been enjoying picking out materials, styles and stuff for the job. Although he is the major ‘build it’ guy, I’m a good assistant, and I like doing things. I enjoy learning new skills. We work well together. He is also the idea man. I figure out how to make his ideas work. I’m the...

Bermuda grass is something with which I have a love - hate relationship. I love its carpety look when it is thick and neatly mown. It is soft under foot, great to stretch out on under a summer shade tree. I even like it’s little seed stalks that stand up and wave like tiny flags toward the sun. You can pull them and chew on the succulent stems. But Bermuda grass has a mind of it’s own. I want it to grow in my yard. It wants to grow in my flower garden. It wants to grow in the gravel of my dri...