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Clearing brush in hopes of turning the backyard into a giant vegetable patch is a lot of work. Over the past 3 weeks I have cleared about 1/4th of the land I need to. I’m suppose to be training to participate in the Tacoma City Marathon on May 6th. Since I haven’t actually done any Read More >>
As soon as daylight broke yesterday I was off to the hardware store. I knew the very first thing I wanted to install in my new greenhouse was gutters. I had previously viewed a set of greenhouse gutters once before in a magazine and thought they looked amazing. Since my greenhouse is 14′ long I Read More >>
Yesterday around 9 am a white delivery truck appeared in my driveway. Wahooo! My 8×14 glass greenhouse finally arrived! I have wanted a greenhouse for years and when the Handsome Husband brought home a brochure a 2 weeks ago we finally decided to take the plunge and order one. The Handsome Husband wanted to put Read More >>
I’ve been a little obsessed with sprouts lately. Up until a few weeks ago I had never thought about growing sprouts indoors. I mean, aren’t hippies the only ones who grow things like sprouts, wheat grass and mung beans? Have you ever grown sprouts? Before you can actually start your sprouts you’ll need to Read More >>
One of the great things about living in the Pacific Northwest is the abundance of {free} natural landscape materials. Although we live in suburbia, our property sits on a heavily wooded lot. Living amongst the pine trees does have its downfalls, shade and berry stealing chipmunks to name a few. However living in the woods Read More >>
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