Alright, here’s Part Three…the back yard… When we moved in four years ago, it was literally just rocks and one single tree… Mr. was happy to have a yard, but looked pretty confused about the emptiness of it all… Rocks, rocks & more rocks Oh look! You can see the…
Welcome back for Part Two! OK…Once we took out the Junipers, there was no looking back! We quickly decided to put up a fence (a 6 foot tall fence, none-the-less) to truly establish our space (you might remember in my last post that our yard was used as a walk-through…
Four years ago last weekend, Tool Lady, Fish Girl and I moved into our new home. We had been living in a condo that we outgrew and were able to purchase our house right before the housing market tanked (the stars literally lined up…)! In my excitement about us celebrating…
I know there have been some changes around here lately that may have caused you a little stress, however, this whole “let’s get together and only lay 1-2 eggs a day for the humans” thing is completely unacceptable. There are five of you currently laying! STEP. IT. UP. You were…
This weeks Harvest Monday (hosted by Daphne at daphnesdandelions.blogspot.com ) will be shown in meals instead of just raw harvest… We had a staff potluck at work last week and I brought a wonderful (if I do say so myself) spinach salad. I wish I could say I grew the strawberries…
We have battled getting the video of our bee experience uploaded onto this blog for most of the afternoon. We finally broke down and decided to create a youtube account in order to better facilitate the uploading of videos! So…here’s our very first video! Warning…it involves lots of buzzing bees!!!…
Our bees have finally arrived!!! We are so super excited!!! The funny thing about the weekend is, I’ve been practicing leaving my phone in the bedroom so I can have some “unplugged” time…no calls or texts or randomness to worry about. So, I did that this morning. Then at about…
Here’s what’s happening in the garden this week! It’s been so incredibly dry (and cold up until a couple of days ago) that I’m still waiting on the sweet corn, squash, zucchini and peanuts to peek (along with a few other veggies), but all these other happenings make me very…