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When my friend El Presidente and I went to the Northwest Flower and Garden Show the other day I was so hoping local artist Bob Bowling would be there with his AMAZING rustic garden cottages and primitives. And Oh Happy Day, he was. In a nutshell this guy’s stuff is one giant display of rusted Read More >>
If you plan on growing broccoli this year now is a great time to start your seeds indoors. I like to start mine under grow lights in the office then harden them off right before setting them outside towards the end of March. This year I’ll be planting 3 varieties of broccoli: Broccoli Di Cicco Romanesco Broccoli Raab Read More >>
I was at my local farm and garden store yesterday and spotted RHUBARB CROWNS!! You know what this means right? It’s almost time to get busy gardening people! Wahooooo. If you have never grown rhubarb before, it’s super easy. In fact it’s so easy it’s one of my favorite things to grow. And it looks Read More >>
Yesterday, I did something crazy. I planted some sugar snap peas. Which is a little weird because most people either plant their peas on President’s Day or St. Patrick’s Day. But I couldn’t wait. With the excepting of pruning the raspberry patch and edging the lawn, all my major garden chores for this year are Read More >>
Yesterday I finally finished digging up all the dirt from last years pumpkin patch. It was a HUGE job and I am glad to have that monkey off my back let me tell you. Do you see that nice, fat mound of dirt all piled up perfectly {thank you OCD} next to the greenhouse? Well Read More >>
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