How I Store Soil Mix (and more!)
In my garden shed, I use metal trash cans to store various items that come in bulk bags. Items such as vermiculite, coco fiber, and compost are items that I will decant into the cans as I don't want to keep them in the orginal bags for several reasons—aesthetics,...
Around The Farm
It feels as if we've entered into the phase of the year where we never know what the weather is going to do. Recently, we went from an almost 80 degree day to snow flurries within 24 hours. It's also the time of year where things start to feel a little busier here!...
Around The Farm
This has been an unbelievable winter both in the sustained cold and the snow cover! I have to admit, while I'm now itching for spring to arrive, I've loved the winter we've had! We've had snow on the ground since mid January and just received a whopping 16 inches just...
Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas
Valentine's Day is coming up and while we have never been one to go the route of roses and chocolate, we always have tried to do something thoughtful that included the children as I like to celebrate love in all its many forms on Valentine's Day. Over the years we've...
Water in the Garden
I've written before about how if we were to go back to building our garden from scratch we would add water to it. Since we didn't, we've come up with some fairly good ways to get water out there. One is simply dragging a hose to our irrigation line and another has...
The Peony Workshop
I would call our 2nd ever Peony Workshop a huge success because we simply couldn't have asked for a better group to join us. They were all so lovely, enthusiastic, curious and creative! It has been a great year for peonies as cool weather is great for a slow bloom...
