Weekend Project: DIY Compost Bin
This post is part of the Make It Monday series that I started last week. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Now that we (finally) live in a house I can start working on planting that garden I’ve wanted to...
View ArticleWeekend project: DIY raised veggie garden
BREAKING NEWS: I actually got something done over the weekend. You wouldn’t know it since the weekend was like, not-just-yesterday-ago, but it’s true. I did. And that something was something other than...
View ArticleFrom seed to start
So I planted a garden this year. Cool, right? Sure, it’s kind of granola, I know. But I promise I’m not one of those granola types. I don’t even like granola. I like pudding. The little garden of mine...
View ArticleBackyard gardening | round 2
Last spring I planted my first backyard garden as a grown up. RJ helped me make a compost bin out of a garbage can, and a raised garden bed from scratch. I planted it full of seeds and starter plants,...
View ArticleGarden update | 01
So far, so good with round 2 of our backyard garden. Our seedlings started sprouting about 10 days after planting and have been making steady progress every since. The spinach plants are finally...
View ArticleLet’s try this again: backyard gardening round 3
↑ This year’s loot included flowers for the front yard because apparently we’re trying to get fancy this time around. Every year that we’ve lived in our house I’ve planted a small veggie garden out...
View ArticleExperiments in fiddle leaf fig repotting
In summer 2013 I scored the most amazing fiddle leaf fig ever. See? See (^^^) how full and tall and green and plentiful the leaves were? LOOK HOW GREEN AND DENSE AND UPRIGHT ALL THE LEAVES WERE!! Fast...
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