It seems like this spring there’s a fun trend of MAKING EVERYTHING A PLANTER. And frankly, I love it. Rusty tool box? Why not marigolds! Old retainer box? Pop a succulent in! Grungy toilet you found in the ditch on the wrong side of the tracks? PEONIES! But seriously. I do really love the idea of repurposing things, so today’s project is right up our alley! When Home Depot invited us ... [ Read More ]
Succulent Centerpiece using Birch Logs & Twine!
As you know, I’ve been trying to incorporate plants into my décor a little more. There’s just something cheerful about flowers or green plants in a room. My mom has a seriously green thumb. Her yard is gorgeously landscaped with the most unique combinations of plants, bushes, flowers… UGH. So I drug her with me to Lowes to help me pick out a combination of succulents. Because I’m trendy ... [ Read More ]
WHERE do you get all your TIME?
Y’all… this happens EVERY YEAR, and it’s embarrassing. And for some reason, it brings me joy to humiliate myself as often as possible here on the blog. We get all pumped to plant a garden, and lay out our seed packets, and map out our rows. We plant, we label, we water… and then we subconsciously decide that our work here is done. It doesn’t help that the grasshoppers have taken over a little, ... [ Read More ]
Build a Custom DIY Trellis in an Afternoon {GIVEAWAY CLOSED}
Hey yo, Nick here. SO… funny story, each year I get super excited about spring and go nuts in the seed isle at our local store. Then I come home and read about each plant and start to lay out where I want everything. Like a total Rook I failed to notice that my Morning Glories are the type of plant that requires something to climb, like a trellis. This is the genius idea my Bride offered to ... [ Read More ]
Our Garden has been Compromised!
For our readers that don’t live in The Americas, we’re in a bit of a drought. So we’ve faithfully watered our veggie garden every other day or so, in hopes that we’d have some produce to munch on eventually! Sadly though, the HOT weather we’ve endured this summer has found a way to prevail, by way of the influx of creepy crawly things. Most notably… grasshoppers (AND CRICKETS). The grasshoppers ... [ Read More ]
Better Late than Never… right?
I’m overjoyed to report that we FINALLY got our veggie garden planted. True, it’s June and all… but whatever. Sheesh. Nick and I borrowed Tim and Carrie’s Roto-Tiller thing to till up our garden of weeds. That thing is HUGE and HEAVY. But it saved us a lot of time for sure. Can you believe the clouds in this picture? And that smokin-hot man-boy? So here’s the deal, waaaaaaaaaaay back in the day ... [ Read More ]
The Gift of a Flower Garden
I may have mentioned this once before, but as a Christmas gift... my mommy promised to come plant my flower garden! I think it would make her have a minor seizure every time she would see my 'garden' overgrown with weeds the last couple years. Last year, I had a good excuse... because I looked a little something like this. But the previous years, I focused more on my veggies and not at all on ... [ Read More ]
Help!
Being new to the gardening scene this past summer, I've had to ask a lot of questions about what to do, and when to do it. And we definitely had some success! Thanks for all your advice!Note: because we planted our tomatoes from seeds, they were a little behind, and some didn't get an opportunity to ripen before things got chilly. I hope this explains the creepy shrivelled yellowish-brown look ... [ Read More ]
Carrots, Onions and BEER
Having a garden has proven to be quite a challenge for me, to say the least. I just get so overwhelmed when it's overgrown with weeds. But while I was at work on Saturday, Nick took it upon himself to weed the whole garden and harvest the onions. He's a lovely boy.He was really excited to show me the 'girth' of the carrots.And that there are ACTUALLY little tomatoes on my tomato plants!! Hot dog! ... [ Read More ]
Exteriors
There are a couple things that have been plaguing us lately. The first being this 2 acre slab of asphalt on our property. Nick HATES it and wants it gone so bad. It's the bane of his existence... to the point where he's fixing to rip out the whole thing with his bare hands and a sledge hammer.The second thing happens to plagues me more than Nick... and that would be my garden. This overgrown ... [ Read More ]