No, we aren’t grouchy. We’re crab happy! We catch them right off our pier and when we get enough of them, we like to incorporate the crabmeat we get into our breakfasts. For instance, crab quiche: Crabs are also lots of fun to catch, not just for us but for our guests as well: And [...]
Posts Tagged ‘environment’
We’re So Crabby
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged B and B, Bed and Breakfast, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Crabs, environment, inns, Virginia on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Water Water Everywhere…
Posted in renovations, tagged B and B, Bed and Breakfast, environment, green building, inns, renovations, Water Filters on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…But nary a drop to drink. At least not until we installed our new water system! Using well water as we do, we needed more than just a water softener and more than just a filter. To be truly eco-friendly, we couldn’t go the bottled water route and leave behind mountains of plastic bottles either. [...]
New Windows!
Posted in renovations, tagged B and B, Bed and Breakfast, environment, green building, inns, renovations on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What would green renovating a bed and breakfast be if we didn’t get new Energy Star rated windows? Well that’s been our latest project and we’ve had a LOT of windows to replace. Older houses like our inn were not designed with the energy saving techniques widely in use today. They are often drafty which [...]
Environment & Stewardship
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged B and B, Bed and Breakfast, environment, green building, inns, remodeling, renovations on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently we put together a presentation on green building and remodeling for a series of events here in Mathews on the environment. It was well received and fun to put together. It was held at the Methodist church of Mathews. We want to take this opportunity to also thank our friend and builder Michael Swiderski [...]
Who?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged B and B, Bed and Breakfast, birdwatching, environment, inns, Nature on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Barred Owl that’s who. We spotted one the other day at the entrance to our drive. It perched in the location we first spotted it for at least a couple hours. Long enough for us to come back, grab a camera and snap some photos. Here is the best one: Thank God for [...]
Step On It
Posted in renovations, tagged B and B, Bed and Breakfast, environment, Flooring, green building, inns, renovations on February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After searching our options, we found the perfect materials for the flooring in our suites. In our East River suite (formerly known as the Dalmatian suite) and Chesapeake suite (formerly known as the “Roman” suite) we went with bamboo. Morning star Bamboo to be exact. The stranded varieties are the most environmentally friendly. Every time it is [...]
Remember “Sanford and Son”?
Posted in renovations, tagged bathrooms, Bed and Breakfast, environment, green building, Recycling, renovations on February 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of the things that you learn to get used to when going through a renovation such as ours, is that there are going to be several appliances, fixtures, etc. that just get strewn about the property. So, having a commode sit outside our front door has become ordinary! Of course, we are trying to [...]
Eagles Galore
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged B and B, bald eagles, Bed and Breakfast, birdwatching, environment, inns, nature preserves, rappahanock river, vacation, Virginia on January 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As we mentioned in the previous post, Greg recently saw a bald eagle just off out pier. It turns out that our Inn is within the roaming range of the bald eagles at the Rappahanock River Valley Natinal Wildlife Refuge. One of the 3 refuges in the area, the RRVNWR protects the nesting grounds of [...]
Painting Green
Posted in renovations, tagged B and B, Bed and Breakfast, environment, green, green building, painting, renovations on January 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Part of our efforts to renovate our B & B involves painting naturally. Trying to paint in the most environmentally friendly way involves using paints with little or no volatile organic compounds (VOC). Being that it is winter time and rather chilly out, opening all the windows in order to help dissipate paint fumes doesn’t [...]
Soundproofing Our Walls
Posted in renovations, tagged B and B, Bed and Breakfast, environment, green, green building, green glue, inns, renovations, soundproofing on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Something we realised right away upon purchasing our new inn was that sound traveled from one room to the other in our suites without impediment. That’s not good! It turns out that mere plywood stood between the walls and we found that we could speak to each other through them without raising our voices. So what [...]
