I’ve been seriously slacking on the renovation posts, and I got a bit of slack for not posting Jimmy’s fabulous pond project quickly enough, so here we go! Some of you may remember my Earth Day Post last year, when I spoke about the new planting bed beside the pond. I am especially proud of...
Category Archives: gardening
cell phone shot of the day
Beautiful bouquet I picked up today from Dearborn Farms (love that place)! Aren’t they lovely?
cell phone shot of the day
I was driving into my driveway today and stopped to take a quick shot. Tree identification – conical blooms, bloomed about 4 days ago. Any idea what type of tree this is? It is about 30 feet tall…
the hanging baskets
This porch needs hanging baskets. A lot of them. And I love flowers so much, I absolutely had to have something bright. So, I packed up the girls and we went to one of my favorite places, Dearborn Market. Their garden department is great! These puppies were chillin’ amongst a zillion others, I just simply...
tree identification…
Anyone know what type of tree this is? Crabapple? Or this?
Protected: the farm’s landscape plan
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the farmhouse grounds, an introduction
Note: Of immediate concern: antique brick walkway and stained river rock. I’d like to think we at least knew what we were getting into when we purchased this property. I was just having a conversation with one of my clients and we were talking about how owning this house adds another full-time job to...
farm update
I have not been a very good blogger these last few days, have I? The weather gets nice and my cell phone shots of the day start stoppin… . Believe me, I have good reason. When I’m not working these days I’m gardening / doing extensive yard clean-up, weed control, and even found some poison...
cell phone shot of the day
Does anyone know what kind of tree this is? It was gorgeously green!
happy earth day!
Today was Earth Day! No better day to describe what’s happening on the grounds here at the Farm I suppose! In case you didn’t know anything about Earth Day, it’s the official day of the year where you’re actually supposed to do something good for this amazing planet we live on. Plant a tree, a...
