Number 2 in our Favorite Things series is the Hori-Hori knife. I've had this tool for many years and it is probably one of my most used, and certainly the most versatile, tool in our the shed. In Japanese hori means, "to dig", and this tool is meant for digging and...

Hello friends! How is the New Year going for you? I've had a bit of a hard time focusing on things as the news has been extraordinary of late. The past week I've made a concentrated effort to focus on planning, with lots of list making, for the upcoming year on the...

I feel very blessed that while this Christmas season was like no other, we were able to have a little bit of magic sprinkled in amongst the strangeness that was 2020. While I thought I would share some of my favorite images and moments, I also recognize that for most...

I recently headed out into our woods to forage for greens in order to make wreaths and swags for our doors and lampposts. I was hoping to take a workshop this year on the art of wreath making but with COVID it was pushed to next year. Therefore, a friend and I read...

As we have so many new readers (welcome!) I thought I would do a brief introduction and share how we came up with the name of our little boutique and flower stand. Frogs cut into our garden gate Bryce and I met when we were just 19 years old and we were married by the...

Putting the garden to bed is often something I sort of dread but once I get going, I get great satisfaction out of having it neat, tidy and ready for spring planting! After the first frost, there's much work to be done. I thought I'd go through a few of the steps that...