Yesterday I popped by Mrs. HB’s place to drop off some plastic livestock. If you’re a long time reader of this goofy little blog of mine {Seriously… how has it been 9 years already?!} then you all remember the whole Pink Flamingo Sanctuary and how the idea of filling my back yard with pink plastic Read More >>
How to Build a Cedar Window Box Planter
Last summer the HH and Monkey Boy built this fun little window box planter for me. As if I didn’t have enough plants on the back patio. Ha! But truth be told, all my other containers are filled with vegetables, so it’s nice to have something to be able to plant flowers in. All it Read More >>
The Zucchini Massacre of 2015
This morning I went out to trim the zucchini plants growing on the left side of the garden box. Getting around to the back of the raised beds to water my tomato plants has a little tricky lately since the winter squash are growing right behind the tomato plants. So much for trimming a few Read More >>
Henrietta From the Pacific Northwest Sends in Her Garden Pictures
A big THANK YOU to everyone who has sent in their photographs and stories. I hope by sharing other peoples pictures and stories here on One Hundred Dollars a Month we can all have a rock star garden this summer. Keep them coming! My name is Henrietta and I live here in the Pacific Northwest (not to Read More >>
Building New Garden Boxes
When I first built our garden boxes back in 2009 I was totally new to raised bed gardening. I was going for maximum space and didn’t put to much thought into how deep my garden boxes needed top be. So I purchased the most inexpensive untreated wood I could find, 8′ x 8″ x 2 Read More >>