Gardening

Weekend Recap: Easter Edition

April 10, 2012

Another blur of a weekend. So much done, so little done, so much fun, but yet a lot of work. Sound about right? Our Friday started with some computer games. We’re trying to hold onto our “gaming Fridays,” but it’s definitely getting more difficult now that the weather is nicer and more activities are starting [...]

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How to build a raised garden bed – or outsource it

March 22, 2012

No joke, I have been working on this post all week. Should I tell you how we did it, or simply show you what we did and explain why we did it that way? It’s that whole “speak with authority” thing I struggle with in blogging. You can’t just “do” you have to “own.” But [...]

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Welcome to the Jungle!

June 20, 2011

With all the money we’ve spent so far on the house, it was refreshing that the improvements we made this weekend were mostly free. The karma to being free as we discovered was that they were instead insanely labor intensive. Our biggest project by far was spending nearly all of Saturday tackling our jungle yard. [...]

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April Showers Bring May Flowers…and Flower Thieves?

May 11, 2011

A snapped these while out with Clive on Saturday. Gorgeous doesn’t begin to describe them! Sometimes I find myself looking looking directly into each flower, because the beauty seems infinite. But apparently someone else thought so too, because just after midnight last night, someone came and scooped up a good third of the poppies, one [...]

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Scenes from Our Weekend: Weekend at Kohler’s

April 21, 2011

We finally made it down to see my in-laws in Springfield this weekend. Such a welcome break after the crazy semester I’ve had. I snapped a few pics on Sunday, but I’m not sure they quite capture how beautiful their property is. First up (above) are my mother-in-law’s beautiful chime’s. I think these are Flox? [...]

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Scenes From Our Weekend

April 5, 2011

The weather was almost summer-like this weekend, which in Missouri seems to be as close as you can ever get to Spring. To think that just over a week ago we had snow is mind boggling, but we definitely wanted to capitalize on the brief glimpse of spring while it was here. On Saturday we [...]

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Pumpkin Baked Pasta with the Last of Our Wonderful Garden Chard

November 4, 2010

Ah the joys of cooking in the dark. It drives me crazy! Hopefully we’ll have that remedied soon (fingers crossed!) so I won’t have to continue spending hours tweaking and pulling light into my photos in order to make them presentable. Might have to try Ashley at Edible Perspective’s “Paper Towel Bounce” for the time [...]