Gardening

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Benefits of Not Raking Your ...

This entry was posted on November 30, 2023 by Kristin McConnell (updated on April 19, 2024)

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Starting Seeds Inside

This entry was posted on March 7, 2023 by Kristin McConnell (updated on April 3, 2023)

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DIY Bird Suet Recipe

This entry was posted on April 20, 2021 by Kristin McConnell (updated on April 20, 2021)

Fruit Trees, What We’ve Planted so Far! We started our orchard! There are already some fruit trees on the property, but we wanted a few more to add to the variety. Like so many other things going on around our new, place I am so excited about all the fresh […]

Fruit Trees, What We’ve Planted ...

This entry was posted on July 20, 2018 by Kristin McConnell (updated on October 21, 2019)

Building Our Raised Beds Building Our Raised Beds was so much fun! Do you garden? I love gardening and love learning more and more each year. I am particularly excited for this year’s vegetable garden because it’s at our new house! We have decided to build raised beds because the location […]

Building Our Raised Beds

This entry was posted on June 4, 2018 by Kristin McConnell (updated on October 21, 2019)

Hugelkultur: German-style Raised Garden Beds Since I now have 7 raised beds 5 of them are 8X4X2 and two of them are 4X4X2 which means they need a lot of fill. Check out how we built them here: In the past when we had raised beds we ordered a big […]

Hugelkultur: German-style Raised Garden Beds

This entry was posted on May 19, 2018 by Kristin McConnell (updated on August 19, 2021)

Old Green House — Greenhouse Demo Greenhouse Before Lot so fun things have been going on around the new house! We started to demo the old greenhouse! I really wanted to save it! The idea of having a greenhouse just excites me so much! But unfortunately, the greenhouse that was here was not savable. […]

Greenhouse Demo

This entry was posted on March 15, 2018 by Kristin McConnell (updated on March 21, 2023)