Ah yeah guys, we've got some minor bloomage going on! My bleeding hearts are huge and beautiful. I love them so much, I wish they would bloom all summer long! The Sedum's are getting bigger, they've grown so much since their first season 2 summers ago. I just transplanted this little guy from the front of the house to the back corner of the backyard. I am actually surprised he decided READ MORE
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I hope this is the last time I'll be picking up a paint brush for awhile. Not only am I sick of painting, and painting, and painting, but I am also ready to start my outside projects for the summer. I painted the window boxes yesterday so I guess that's an appropriate segue into moving my projects outside. I do/did love my red window boxes but alas, it was not meant to be. Now that we are READ MORE
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So it's been awhile since I updated about you on the progress of our raised bed veggie garden. We built it a few weeks ago, and then began our dirt collection. I think in all we gathered 800lbs of dirt or something. Totally crazed I know. The square foot gardening method calls for a mix of 1 part compost, 1 part peat moss, and 1 part vermiculite. We improvised a bit. We got tons of different READ MORE
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I was so excited when my Burpee Aluminum Corners finally made an appearance in the mail earlier this week. We had been waiting patiently for them for almost two weeks. Last weekend Jeff and I ran over to the Home Depot to pick up some cedar boards so we were all set and ready to go when we started constructing our garden Tuesday night. The whole process was really easy. I'm a little handy READ MORE
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Hey guys! I'm excited about this post, because this post means that it's officially happening, SPRING! We had a few days of really super nice weather 70º's and sunny. It was the best. Now it's like 50º and it makes me sad, but at least my garden is growing! Last Summer I tried to take a pictures of my garden during the summer months so I could document it's process. More than anything READ MORE
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