Weekends in Dundee

Join us as we explore Willamette Valley Wine Country one weekend at a time!

Ready for Lettuce!

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I’m excited to report on our very first garden! The Renaissance Man and I have both lived in apartments since college, and while we grew things in pots on our patios, we never had the space to do anything besides a tomato plant and strawberries.

This year we planted our garden in early May. I went all out with lettuces and we’ve got kale, spinach, butter lettuce, and arugula. We also planted carrots, parsnips, tomatoes, yellow squash, zucchini, snow peas, and bush beans. I’ve been taking photos of the garden to record the progress, and we’ve just started eating some lettuce!

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Landscaping the Back Retaining Wall

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I can hardly believe it’s been a week since we worked on the landscaping for the back retaining wall. Time flies, but I’m sure glad it’s done!

Last Saturday my Dad came over to the house for the day since my Mom was away on a trip to Sunriver. We didn’t have anything specific planned, but we did have quite a few plants that were starting to melt in the summer heat in their little black plastic pots. We ended up in the backyard, and the retaining wall at the back seemed like the easiest place to make a big difference and get things into the ground.

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Part One: Gravel Path Construction

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Our back yard has been a big ‘ole mud pit all winter long. The Red Jory Soil that is sought after for growing pinot noir, has been making messes in my house and was starting to drive me a little crazy. After adding a shop in our back yard to store things (which made the mud problem even worse), I declared that the next project was to build a path. I told The Renaissance Man, “We must build our way out of the mud!”

I promptly purchased a can of Surveyors Paint and we started marking away. The Renaissance Man and I came up with a 4.5 foot path tight to the fence that would wrap around the shop at the top of our yard. Easy right?

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