So it's been awhile since I updated about you on the progress of our raised bed veggie garden. We built it a few weeks ago, and then began our dirt collection. I think in all we gathered 800lbs of dirt or something. Totally crazed I know. The square foot gardening method calls for a mix of 1 part compost, 1 part peat moss, and 1 part vermiculite. We improvised a bit. We got tons of different READ MORE So it's been awhile since I updated about you on the progress of our raised bed veggie garden. We built it a few weeks ago, and then began our dirt collection. I think in all we gathered 800lbs of dirt or something. Totally crazed I know. The square foot gardening method calls for a mix of 1 part compost, 1 part peat moss, and 1 part vermiculite. We improvised a bit. We got tons of different READ MORE in gardening
Hey guys! I'm excited about this post, because this post means that it's officially happening, SPRING! We had a few days of really super nice weather 70º's and sunny. It was the best. Now it's like 50º and it makes me sad, but at least my garden is growing! Last Summer I tried to take a pictures of my garden during the summer months so I could document it's process. More than anything READ MORE
Guys! Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but it just turned spring here, like yesterday, and I haven't been able to do anything except stare at small green things that are growing in my yard. It makes for very boring blog talk. However, I have been up to a few little projects that you guys might be interested in, like creating a new irrigation system for ma raised bed gardens, installing landscape READ MORE
The beginning of March marks our third year living in our home. We've continued with lots of updating on our mission to make this house our own. It barely resembles the house we moved into, everything except for the basement has been touched. The majority of the projects from the past year were spent working with a limited budget fine tuning things we had already done. We hope that in the coming READ MORE
Hey Team! I just spent the last 10 days flat on my back annihilated by some sort of flu/strep combo. It is no joke people! Jeff has it now too, of course he does, but somehow we spared our children. For them, it's been like lord of the flies (sans Piggy), no one wears clothes, and there is no such thing as bedtime - cinnamon toast crunch for breakfast lunch and dinner. I'm just proud that they READ MORE
