I spent this past weekend digging, planting, digging, and planting…and planting some more…
If you love daffodils, crocuses, tulips, hyacinths, or irises, now is the time of year to get those bulbs into the ground! Last fall I had the chance to plant daffodils and tulips in the front yard during our stay-cation honeymoon, and I was surprised how much joy they brought as they popped out of the ground this Spring.
Such happy daffodils!
At the end of the summer I became very overwhelmed with how big our first garden had become, and one afternoon I made a rash decision to clear it all out.
No. More. Garden! Of course it felt great in the moment, and then I almost immediately regretted my decision. I missed having fresh greens to eat with dinner…
So two weeks ago, I decided to do some experimenting with a winter garden. I had been looking online and originally was planning to construct a makeshift greenhouse over the whole bottom section of the garden, but I knew that I didn’t really need that much space. Instead, as I was walking down the isle in the grocery store and a set of clear storage tubs called out to me, the tubs seemed to be the perfect solution to my problem!
Our summer garden is certainly starting to wane. Fall is coming.
After a long summer of growing, I decided it was finally time to pull the carrots. The thing about growing carrots is you never really know what the heck is going on. You just have to trust that the carrots are growing. Patience is key!
The south side of our house has been very neglected. It’s the one area that unfortunately has been, out of sight out of mind. The Renaissance Man has spent last week rototilling, leveling, and preparing this space to bring the bees home. This side of our house will become our The Apiary a.k.a. The Home for the Honeybees.
Installing a paver patio has been on our “to-do” list all summer. The paver patio was always part of our original backyard plan, but we just hadn’t made it happen yet. We wanted to add the paver patio because of the beautiful view over the valley. Even without the paver patio I find myself lingering at the top of the yard enjoying the view.
This past week, we made an enormous push to complete various project is our backyard. We both felt the ever impending fall rains and eventual mud pit on the horizon, and it motivated us to rally and get things done. So last Sunday after our hot air balloon ride, we arrived home and went straight to work!
“The Wedge” as we like to call it is located on the right side of our house and is an area that we weren’t entirely sure what to do with. But after months of conversation, we finally came up with a plan.
Since our my last garden update, things have certainly grown! All of our lettuce has really taken off, and to be honest we’ve had a hard time keeping up with it all.
We’ve had dinner salads, kale chips, and kale smoothie, and per The Renaissance Man, “way too many kale smoothies!”
Our home is filled with house plants and I think they make our space feel comfortable and inviting. However, before we move into our new home and were still living in the apartment, The Renaissance Man had put a moratorium on any new house plants. Our apartment was becoming a bit of a jungle. But with a new house, we suddenly had so much space and not enough plants! Or at least that’s how I felt about it.
Lately, I’ve been looking for some fun containers to add to our collection and I was ecstatic when I found this bronze conch shell at Goodwill. It reminds me of a container that my Grandma Martha had in her house when I was a kid. I promptly headed to the nursery and picked up some succulents.
The path is complete! The path is complete!
All I want to do is run around our neighborhood like the town crier and let everyone know it’s done. It’s been one heck of a busy week, but it’s done. Check out Part One and Part Two for the whole story!
I went to work on Friday, and while away, the gravel was moved into place by The Renaissance Man and one of his good friends from college. Moving concrete might be bad, but moving 1/4 minus gravel is even worse. With the lack of voids due to gravel size, this becomes some of the heaviest wheelbarrow loads you’ll ever make.
The Renaissance Man was taking a few days off of work, and so we decided to target this week to finish off the path. This is where we left off, and you can read Part One of the Gravel Path Construction to get up to speed. Originally I was going to do a two part series, but this project had too many steps, so look for Part Three of the Gravel Path Construction tomorrow for the final product!
