I’ve done a lot of talking, showing, researching, and overall doing around garden planning. And then a great analogy hit me recently: poker. I just harvested a ton of onions, finally getting an amount that will feed the family at least nine mo[...]
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Garden Design
My garden journey began with a dead patch of lawn glaring at us from outside the front door of our townhouse. We were sharing a fence with an in-patient rehab center and could hear the freeway, which was about 100 yards from us as a crow fli[...]
Spoiler alert: after exploring seven ideas, and implementing three (yes, three!) comparative trials, we went with pea gravel. Choosing the right material for our garden pathways was like choosing a tattoo. It felt so permanent because the cost c[...]
The day has come and gone (okay, but just like a couple of days ago). Our inaugural planting day in the NEW KITCHEN GARDEN! All of a sudden soil was in (yes, all 110 bags) and I was ready to go and had starts waiting for me, and it just …[...]
A round up of six garden trellises that are beautiful and functional.
We have 40 feet of border in the new garden - not including 20 feet of boxwood hedging. And 20 feet of star jasmine. The goal is that when you walk into the garden, you step into a room. A beautiful, but useful room. And in this case, known as e[...]
I could honestly spend hours upon hours gathering inspiration in the form of Pinterest perusing, book reading, magazine clipping - you name it. I LOVE the gathering process so much. Our garden design inspiration revealed to me how much I really[...]
In lieu of a secret garden that is walled in, I'm adding little personal touches to our garden that will add some whimsy and surprise for our kids. Enter the fairy door. While I am coming more and more to terms each day with the reality that[...]