Finn and I (and Gus), got all crazy and antsy the other day and ran over to our local garden center and purchased a whole lot of seeds. This is our 3rd annual seed fest and every year we get a little more fancy. The first year we planted our seeds in eggshells, the second year we went to town and planted a ton of seeds and then I got really pregnant and we kind of stopped watering them. This year READ MORE Finn and I (and Gus), got all crazy and antsy the other day and ran over to our local garden center and purchased a whole lot of seeds. This is our 3rd annual seed fest and every year we get a little more fancy. The first year we planted our seeds in eggshells, the second year we went to town and planted a ton of seeds and then I got really pregnant and we kind of stopped watering them. This year READ MORE Hello! My name is Alison Allen. I started Deuce Cities Henhouse in 2009 - a blog about fixing up and restoring my 110-year-old Minneapolis home and updating our tired and out, dated Wisoconsin cabin. Our home and cabin are a constant work in progress and I love pushing myself to learn new skills as I go! I went to art school for photography and was obsessed the entire time with interior READ MORE
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Hey Everybody, It's been awhile I know. Things are crazy hectic right now with all these kids and I'm still trying to figure it all out. My new guy Gus is still not sleeping well through the night and it's putting a strain on the rest of day-to-day life.I posted a few weeks ago that I started a tumblr page, and I have been blogging there daily keeping it quick, easy and light. Recently I put together READ MORE in Cool Things
I grew up in North Central Minnesota, surrounded by land and trees and lakes. We had the luxury of space and plenty of room for gardening of any type be it of the flower or vegetable variety. Both my mother and grandmother kept beautiful sprawling flower gardens while I was growing up. I only hope that one day I will have just as impressive of a garden as they did. Now that I have put down roots READ MORE in Cool Things
I have been tossing around some plans/ideas for my next huge undertaking at the house. My flower gardens. Now, my home came equipped with a flower garden in the back yard and a few lovely plants scattered here and there but lets face it, it ain't that pretty. The planning phases for my native/rain gardens have started. For those of you in the MPLS area, check out Metro Blooms. These folks offer one READ MORE in Cool Things
