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Finish clearing the front of the property, that was the last thing on my garden to-do list for the year. And yesterday, we made a pretty big dent in it. We had a couple of small pine trees up front between the little white barn and the road that we could see would overtake the Read More >>
Hello Friday! A high of 39 degrees and wind is predicted for today and you know, after playing in the yard all day yesterday, I think I’ll stay inside today, work on rugs and drink hot cocoa. Last night after surveying the yard, I sent my friend Heather a text to see if she wanted Read More >>
Yesterday I spent the afternoon outside cleaning up the plants in and around the greenhouse. I removed all the gutters I had installed in the spring and set them outside. I plan to re-plant the strawberries elsewhere, and then add the soil from the reaming gutters that held basil, peppers and chard to the compost pile. The Read More >>
Yesterday I played hooky from the blog and worked all day in the backyard. I have a ton of backyard projects I want to tackle this fall, and since yesterday was the first day of fall, I decided it was the perfect time to get a move on. The first project I tackled was cleaning out Read More >>
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