Building a raised bed vegetable garden – 2016 to 2017
My dream has long been to have a huge vegetable garden and a yard with fruit trees and edible landscaping. With our new house (built in 2016), that dream is coming true.
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My Front Garden: Before and After 2016 to 2017
Before and after photos as I begin building my edible and perennial landscaping for my (somewhat) deer resistant front foundation beds. As with all else, this is a “from scratch” design.
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Uses for Dead Tree Branches in Landscaping
We had a dead elm tree in our backyard, which I honestly was fine with for the most part, because a dead tree makes all kinds of wild things very happy. The local woodpeckers are well fed. Last spring a raccoon decided it was a wonderful place for a nest and raising babies. (At least until she encountered our cats…and it had been such a great neighborhood until those feline low-lifes moved in…). The tree was alive when we bought the land, but it was old and sadly did not survive the construction process. This month, it split and fell during a windstorm.
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Tuscan Garden Salmon
Insanely good. Definitely making this again. I adapted this from the “Tuscan Butter Salmon” recipe I found on Delish.com. The Tuscan Garden Salmon recipe is for sundried tomatoes, garlic, and spinach in a parmesan cream sauce, with roasted asparagus on the side.
(more…)Fruit Trees Arrived Today!
The fruit trees I ordered from Stark Bros. arrived today.
One September Wonder® Fuji apple, one Pink Lady® apple, and a self-pollinating Crimson Rocket Columnar peach. All dwarf trees, as I wanted a more manageable size for our 1 acre property.
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