Decorating with Botanical Prints
The boxes are all unpacked and the garden design is done – soon to be installed this fall. In the […]
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craft, home
How to Design Your Own Garden
Plant design is one of my passions and part of what led me down the road to landscape architecture. You
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design, garden
My First Quilt
This has been a very unusual summer on our homestead. We are still getting settled into our fixer-upper house and
Chicken Coop Shed Combo
We’re slowly working on getting settled into our new homestead, which came with a dilapidated shed in the backyard. I
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backyard livestock, chickens, design, top-backyard-livestock
Why Practice Crop Rotation?
It’s time to start planting your fall crops. I know, I know… it seems crazy to think about winter when
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design, garden, pests, soil health, tips
Toddler Homestead Chores
Having regular chores was simply part of life growing up on my family’s urban farm. Everyone in our family, both
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green living, harvest, kids
The Sentimental Garden
This week we have officially moved onto our new homestead and new folks have moved onto our former homestead. I’ve
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design, garden, plants
Lasagna Compost
It’s almost time to close the chapter on our former homestead, as new folks are ready to move in. I
Crooked Coop
We recently moved into our new digs, but it hasn’t quite felt like home without clucking in the backyard. This
Edible Groundcovers
I’m excited to begin the design process at our new house and grateful for the blank slate yard that gives
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design, garden, plants, potatoes