Holiday Recap
Here is a little peek into what our Christmas celebration looked like this year. It started with a lively and
Winter Solstice Swag
You might be facing a daunting coming weekend – the last one before Christmas. It’s frenzied, rushed and every minute
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craft, design, home
DIY Fireplace Redo
Our remodeling to-do list is about a mile long ever since we bought our fixer-upper house this summer. With chilly
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craft, design, home, painting
Garden Installation: Part IV
The backyard has taken shape! The concept for the backyard is to create an edible food forest. It’s similar in
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design, food forest, garden, mulch, sheet mulching, soil health
Garden Installation: Part III
The front yard is officially 100% installed! First came irrigation installation (although not in the front yard), then sod removal
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design, garden, plants, projects
Garden Installation: Part II
With irrigation construction complete, the next phase of our garden installation was site preparation. All that sod had to be
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clay, compost, design, garden, projects, soil health
Garden Installation: Part I
Construction has begun! We are in the muddy process of transforming this little house into a homestead. Everyone’s boots have
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garden, projects
Fall is Planting Time
Fall is the best time of year for planting trees, shrubs and many perennials – including all those fabulous bulbs
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frugal, garden, plants, propagation, tips, trees
Exploring Nature Play
As a landscape designer, I’m endlessly fascinated with outdoor spaces. How do we make them accommodate our need to grow
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design, ecology, kids
Preserving Tomatoes
Tomato season is just about to come to a close and I’m just a few pints and quarts away from
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canning, drying, food preservation, freezing, harvest, tomatoes