I know that many of you have summer gardens that are in their prime by this date on the calendar, but here in Rochester, Minnesota, I'm still planting! I admit to getting off to a bit of a late...
Disclosure: This porch refresh is sponsored by Walmart. As always, all words and opinions are honest and my own. Do you remember all of the work we did in our yard and our back patio last year? We...
My typical gardening routine each year is to start enthusiastically and then fizzle out as the weather gets hot and beds are overwhelmed with weeds. A part of that is I was battling beds filled...
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Wikibuy. All opinions expressed in this post are honest and my own. I shared about Wikibuy a few weeks ago and have continued to use it while shopping online...
Disclosure: This patio makeover post is sponsored by Walmart. As always, all opinions and words are honest and my own. Welcome to a typical suburban patio makeover! These are scattered all over...
Last Thursday, the weather was lovely. It was sunny, wasn't too hot, and there was a light breeze. It was the perfect day to get the patio under our deck painted. Oh, this patio was so sad and...
Let's talk about something I've been largely avoiding since we moved into our house almost three years ago... the yard. We did do a massive amount of work on the front gardens a couple of years...
Last week was the first week that I felt like I was settling into a new routine. The previous weeks were about figuring out this new normal...the stress of feeling like I'm bringing toxic waste...
Saturday night was a rough one. Jeff and Marshall (my oldest) slept in a tent set up in our backyard, so that meant I was on overnight diabetes-duty on my own. For those who don't know, Calvin,...
I have been patiently waiting until my Annabelle hydrangeas were just right, so I could cut off the blooms and dry them. I did this last year and I have been so pleased with how long the dried...
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