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Birdies!

Hello! I say it every year; I can’t believe it’s March already! February seemed to fly by and I haven’t finished half of my craft projects. March intends to be the month where I  ...

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No drought

I was just out taking some photos of veggies (more on those later) and noticed that the weeds are out of control and the lawn needs cutting (again). Far cry from last year where we barely had  ...

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Tomatoes

I planted a ‘tomatoberry’ tomato this year, named for the small strawberry shaped tomatoes. It’s been a real success, every morning I’m bringing in a handful of tomatoes  ...

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Pretty!

Why have traditional flowers in the home when you can have…. Parsley and Leeks!! We pulled out some leeks and parsley that had gone to seed. Seemed a shame to waste the pretty flowers.

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Seedlings!

Wow- I am so many posts behind after having such a frantic December. We planted seeds a few months ago and for nearly two months – nothing happened! After a good soak in the December rains,  ...

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Hydrangea

A week and a half ago my new hydrangea looked like this. Mainly green flowers with a hint of blue. Less than two weeks later it looks like this: We’ve been watering it with our grey water,  ...

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The Harvest

We harvested some veggies last weekend. Carrots, potatoes and leeks! We also got the dirt for our new veggie patches and planted some things. The one below is the herb bed. The parsley has been  ...

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