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After I went to the bakery outlet this morning I decided to stop by the Puyallup Lowe’s store to see if their bulbs were 75% off. When I saw the 50% off signs on the bulbs immediately picked up a package and walked over to customer service for a price check. Wahoooooo! 75% off baby! Okay. I’m Read More >>
I headed out to the garden this afternoon with one thing on my mind. Bulbs. After the shopping spree at Lowe’s yesterday, I knew I had my work cut out for me. I didn’t exactly have a plan, so at first I planted a bunch of daffodil and tulip clusters near some of our old tree Read More >>
Well it took me an entire weekend, but I finally managed to clean up the front yard. Typically the front yard is the Handsome Husband’s responsibility, and he does a great job, but he doesn’t like to clear brush {who does?} so that particular job is mine. The thing is, I totally slacked off last summer and Read More >>
I became distracted in the garden this afternoon and all the sudden I found myself with a shovel. Towards the end of this summer, several of the tomato plants in our garden boxes had blight. I know all about crop rotation, but these garden boxes sit in the sunniest location in our backyard. It’s the perfect spot Read More >>
Maybe I’m weird, but there is something about getting dirt under my nails and breathing fresh air that makes my heart skip a beat. Even though your garden is most likely packed up for the year, I thought it would be fun to take look back over some of the garden tours I was able Read More >>
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