Welcome to Rainer Life!

This is a blog about home brewing, gardening, and DIY projects. Other topics (e.g., travel) will be discussed some too. Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy the visit.

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Michael and Darinda Rainer

Most Recent Posts

Growing Grapes

We finally got around to getting our grapevines in the ground a couple of weeks ago. Earlier this year we got three Black Spanish, or Lenoir, grapevines from Enoch’s Stomp, a local winery. They grow this variety of grapes, along with a few others. Apparently, Lenoir grow well in the East Texas climate. I’ve never Continue Reading...

Garden Update – May 16, 2013

The vegetable garden is coming along nicely. We had a couple of late cold snaps this year, so I had to replant a few things – tomatoes, bell peppers, and strawberries. Now that I’ve got everything in the ground… and the weather has started cooperating… we have a pretty good first year garden growing. So Continue Reading...