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Last week we had a ton of rain here in the Pacific Northwest and it’s in the forecast for this week as well. After a heavy rain I always find myself raking the barktopia we’ve got going on in the backyard and it makes me tired. Why couldn’t we have just planted grass all over Read More >>
Happy Sunday everyone, how is the weather where you are? This past week has been spectacular up here in the Pacific Northwest and as a result our backyard garden is really starting to take off. The potatoes we planted a few weeks ago are starting to pop through the soil {second garden box from the Read More >>
Yesterday was such a gorgeous day. The Puggle love and I spent a good 3 hours outside planting seeds, pulling weeds and playing with her new ball. {You can see a short video of Lucy in action HERE}. I cleaned up the mini herb garden we have growing alongside the greenhouse and planted 6 packets Read More >>
The ground was still a wee bit wet this morning when I snapped a few pictures of our garden, and by the looks of the sky right now we might get a little more rain here in a bit. But I’m not complaining {not today anyways} because we finally have some GREEN in those garden Read More >>
This past week has been a soggy one in our garden and there is no sign of letting up either. In fact, I think we actually hit a record for rainfall around here in Western Washington for the month of March. Everything is drenched! But the vegetables are still growing. Slowly. Our poppies and rhubarb Read More >>
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