Slicing into your first homegrown tomato of the season is like a treat for the senses. The vibrant colors, the smell of fresh dirt mixed with the promise of something delicious and the firmness as your blade makes the first cut are truly some of the…
Kevin built DIY raised garden beds for the first time about five years ago. He and his dad built them as a birthday present to me one summer and they went all out. The raised garden beds were beautiful. They made them out of 4×4 square,…
When I was a little girl, I spent my off-school days outside playing outside from morning until just after dark. I’d spend my days digging in dirt, climbing trees, painting rocks, making forts and generally just taking in the small pleasures of the world. It was…
When I started building my garden a few weeks ago, my neighbor came by because the truck with the compost was stuck in our yard. The compost truck was completely stuck in the middle of our property in a low-lying area that becomes so saturated we…
When I started gardening there were a lot of terms people were using that I didn’t understand at all. But I was a novice gardener. I was learning and there was SO MUCH to learn. When I try to learn something new – no matter if…
Spring has been late this year. The weather seems to be finally changing and we are now consistently reaching the 50’s and 60’s during the day…in early May. I guess that’s ok though because being late seems it will be a reoccurring theme for us this…
When we bought this place, we knew that the first year we would want to really concentrate on making the outdoor area the exact way we wanted it to be. But what exactly does that mean? I’m not even sure that we know. With seven acres,…
