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So we were enjoying dinner one night last week and Clark is chowing down on some spaghetti when grandma decides to ask, “Why doesn’t Clark get any pasta sauce”.  The next evening for dinner my wife must have been feeling adventerous and I decided to take a few photos.  Needless to say, this is why Clark doesn’t get any pasta sauce Grandma. 

just got back from spending two weeks at our cottage…  it was a fantastic time.  the weather was amazing, probably the dryest weeks we have had since the spring.  I didn’t get to take as many pictures as I would have liked, but here is my favourite shot of the trip.

more shots on flickr

recently my wife and I started to talk about making an investment in real estate.  we went through several phases.  we thought about some more typical ideas like buying a duplex in the city and much more exotic ones such a buying a condo in mexico that was part of a rental pool.  we ended up feeling most comfortable with buying a vacation property with the intetion of renting it out on a weekly basis in the summer.  my thought initially went to lake huron where I have many fond memories of going to the beaches there in the summer.  we looked at several places on Lake Huron and on Georgian bay and ended up settling on a place in the small community of Balm Beach, 10m west of Midland and 20m North of Wasaga Beach, Ontario.

without boring you any more here are a few pics.

here’s a view down the beach…

Well, I finally got around to assembling our new BBQ over the weekend, and last night we enjoyed our first burgers of the season. The result? Absolutely delicious!!!! Hooray for spring!!!

I’m going to repost this, probably because it was one of my favourite posts on my old blog. (it was also some of my friend’s favourite too.)

Before I get to the re-post, you can be sure that I’ll be seeding some extra dutch white clover this spring so thicken things up a bit and so our pooch Sammy doesn’t get all muddy when autumn rolls around again. Without further ado, here is my good old clover garden post…

Grass is stupid right? I mean it may look nice, but you have to cut it, water it, fertilize it, aerate it etc etc etc… It’s a complete waste of time and could be more environmentally friendly. In my research into lawn alternatives I discovered that clover might be a good bet. A few weeks later I asked my dad if he could snag me some dutch white clover and I promptly went to work preparing the soil. Enough babbling, show me the clover garden!!

Clover is great, because you don’t need to:

a) cut it

b) water it (clover has much deeper roots than grass and will remain green throughout the summer)

c) fertilize it (clover is a nitrogen fixer, simply put it introduces nitrogen into the soil thus fertilizing the soil on it’s own).

d) clover’s deep roots tolerate soil compaction more readily than grass (don’t worry about aerating it)

e) it’s doesn’t turn yellow and die when your dog pees all over it!!

Simply put, clover rocks. It’s not durable as grass, so it’s not suitable as a turf for a playing surface, but in your backyard this stuff should be considered seriously.

Here’s a few compiled links about clover as a lawn substitute for you.

clover as a lawn substitute

adding clover to your lawn

clover lawn’s on about.com