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Green Space
February 2011: So here I am! In my long awaited Tudor itching to carefully balance restoration with modernization. I’ve decided to attack this house slowly. We remodeled Mirage in 8 months. It was...
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Preparing for Spring Gardening
In preparation for this upcoming growing season I picked up some seeds at Home Depot today. I was on a paint run (going to fix the stairwell this weekend) and I was browsing the garden center while...
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Spring is here!
I planted about 50 tulips, 20 crocus’, 50 daffodils, 10 Iris’, and an assorted amount of other bulbs last fall. The hardest part about fall planting is waiting 4-5 months to see the fruits of your...
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Spring Flowers and Gardening Plans
I want my yard to look like this: Haha, but that probably won’t happen. If you read the blog title it did say my eyes were bigger than my wallet. Especially considering that all I’m starting with is...
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Garden Updates
From This…To This! In about 4 weeks the magnolias budded and bloomed. We have two, a white star magnolia and a pink Jane Magnolia. I didn’t have time to write in between so here is your instant...
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Vegetable Progress!
The picture above is when I planted endive, arugula and lettuce sprouts from my Frog Holler CSA. They sell them at the farmer market and I wanted to get a jump start in April. I was told these...
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House Archive – A Look Back In Time
I found this photo on the city website. A exciting glance at what the house looked like 10-20 years ago. Picture from A2gov.org Initially it doesn’t look that different. Once you compare it to a photo...
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Garden and Vegetable Updates
Please check out the “Garden” page on the blog. It is a tab right under the title, or, you can click here for the July 2011 flower and vegetable updates. Garden Update Page
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Burlaping the Bushes
As you have seen from my insulation posts it is finally cold in MI! Surprisingly, I have missed the snow…..which is shocking because this time last year I was ranting (see below) about the city of Ann...
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Spring Tease: crocus and other happy flowers
So happy to see the first crocus blooming today! I thought I planted purple and white crocus’, but this one is yellow? Either I’ve had too much wine, or the well-fed neighborhood squirrels are paying...
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What lives in there?
I was doing some yard clean-up this weekend and transplanting some ferns and mums when I found these two very suspicious holes in the garden bed along the back fence. What are earth lives in there?! Am...
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Window Gardening: Keeping Dirt in Its Place
I plant most of the fresh herbs we use in the raised boxes around the deck in the backyard, but this year I wanted to have a few inside. The oregano, parsley, and sage and perennials and came back from...
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The nerve of that squirrel!
I was going to post about the progress on my home office today, but yesterday evening the sassy squirrel, which claims the backyard as its own, was basically yelling at myself and my pets because we...
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Home Office: Pinterest Inspiration Take 2
I mentioned last week that I ended up changing everything in my home office decoration plan except for the wall treatment. When projects take this long to finish, something is bound to be altered. I’m...
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Rack of Lamb with Wilted Spinach and Garlic Scapes
I made this for dinner last week with one of my favorite marinades (rosemary, garlic, and soy sauce). This meal was made from local meat (Old Pine Farm) and veggies (Frog Holler Farm). Only the olive...
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Still Alive in All This Heat: Flowers and Veggies
There is a high of 100°F today. It’s June in Michigan – this is very unusual. I can’t remember the last time it went to 100°F. If we even get temperatures in the 90′s it’s during August, the hottest...
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Front Porch Redesign: Flagstone Installation
My blogging hiatus is over – I hope! This has been a very busy summer which gardening, guests, travel, and lots of house projects. I have so much content to share with you, but not a lot of time to put...
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How to prune your tomato plant into a fruit laden vine
Left to its own devices, a vigorous indeterminate tomato plant can easily cover a 4- by 4-foot area with as many as 10 stems, each 3 to 5 feet long. By season’s end, it will be an unsightly,...
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My Dahlias: Tuber to Bloom
Remember this post back in April when I ordered my dahlias and planned the garden? I thought it would be neat to show you guys the growing season all in one post. I’ve been sitting on these pictures...
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