Last spring Jeff and I got tired of popping dandelions and decided to rip out our front boulevard as away around weeding. In hind sight it might have not been the easiest route but I am happy that we jumped in head first and committed to making the space between the sidewalk and the street a pretty shade garden. Now that we've made it through our first winter the garden is looking a little worse READ MORELast spring Jeff and I got tired of popping dandelions and decided to rip out our front boulevard as away around weeding. In hind sight it might have not been the easiest route but I am happy that we jumped in head first and committed to making the space between the sidewalk and the street a pretty shade garden. Now that we've made it through our first winter the garden is looking a little worse READ MORE in gardening
Finn and I have recently turned the baby's nursery into a fully functioning plant nursery. The nursery is the sunniest room in the house and since it's not officially inhabited by baby #2, what the hay, right? We really went to town at our last trip to the flower store, we bought all sorts of seeds and bulbs and have successfully managed to turn them into sprouts! We can hardly wait until it's time READ MORE in gardening
This is what it looks like outside of our house, we can't even stand it anymore. This is the worst part of winter, the part where every day seems like 10 days, and even though warmer weather is right around the corner it might as well be November.Finn and I are desperate for spring so we took a trip to our local nursery to pick up some green for our house. We just needed something to give us a little READ MORE
It is currently 40º outside and sleeting, things are not looking so good for us Minnesotans. I am pretty sure that this blossom is all that I have left of the warmer, better times. The first and only blossom from my "Grand Prix" Dahlia plant. So goodbye fall, goodbye summer. Here winter comes. I can feel it. READ MORE in gardening
So I've been waiting to do this post since the day we put an offer on our house. We moved in to our first house in March of this year. It's our "dream house", and we plan on living here for as long as humanly possible, but with all good things there was a down side. I hated my backyard, well I should say I hated the landscaping or lack thereof in my backyard. The house has only been owned by a handful READ MORE
