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10 months from now if I ask you if I should spread straw all over my whole freakin’ garden, please tell me no. Because yesterday I spent half the day cleaning up our 16 raised garden beds. Of course there wouldn’t have been so much work to do had I not spread straw all over the garden Read More >>
The area around the chicken run has finally all been cleared, and yesterday I started on a new project. I’m thinking it should take me a few afternoons to complete. If you read my garden posts this past summer you probably noticed there were not a whole lot of weeds in the mulched areas of Read More >>
It seems like it’s been awhile since I’ve posted any pictures of the backyard, so I thought I’d show you what we’ve been up to lately. It may not look that exciting, but up until a few weeks ago, the area behind the wooden chair was covered with brush. Because of all the brush, I have Read More >>
Last week the chickens dug up {and ran off with} the garlic bulbs I planted back in October. After checking a few places online {they were sold out} I ended up running over to the Garden Sphere in Tacoma. Luckily they had a few varieties left in stock. Including elephant garlic. Have you ever grown it before? Before Read More >>
Yesterday afternoon I put on my new {to me} red boots and headed out to the garden. When I’m in the backyard I usually let the girls {and Pablo} out to play because I can keep an eye on them. I simply love watching them run around because it makes them so happy to be Read More >>
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