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Mini Garden Shovel Love: being petite has its advantages!

Laura — Wed, 12 May 2021 15:33:00 +0000

A mini garden shovel makes gardening easier. Read why this is such an essential gardening tool, especially for women. I love this shovel! If you had told me in my 20s — or even my 30s — that I’d be in love with a petite garden shovel, I would have laughed my head off in...

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I hate garlic chives.

Laura — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:25:14 +0000

I hate garlic chives. Love them to eat, but hate them in my garden. Alternate title? That time my garden became overwhelmed by garlic chives. I hate garlic chives. There. I said it. Let me clarify . . . I love to eat garlic chives, love the taste, love the scent. But garlic chives in...

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Marigolds and Vegetables: experiment update!

Laura — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 19:48:00 +0000

Last month, over at Live Creatively Inspired, I shared the start of our garden experiment: adding marigolds to our vegetable garden perimeter, with the hope they would repel bad pests and rodents, while encouraging beneficial insects like bees for better pollination. And now it’s time for an update! In summary? So far, so good! It’s...

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Plant Marigolds in the Vegetable Garden!

Laura — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:37:00 +0000

Do you plant flowers among your vegetables? We’re planting marigolds in our vegetable bed this year, after I read about the possible benefits of doing so. I’m sharing all the benefits today over at Live Creatively Inspired. Click here to read: Marigolds in the Vegetable Garden? Yes! And if you’re curious how we built our...

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How to Build a Raised Garden Bed for Vegetables

Laura — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:42:00 +0000

Let me set the scene… One day last Spring, my husband I were looking at the backyard and considering what projects we needed to do, versus what projects we wanted to do. (We still have a long way to go in terms of getting this yard into shape.) We originally created a nice-sized vegetable bed area...

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Our Backyard Firepit Area

Laura — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000

This is a short story on the evolution of our DIY backyard firepit area. Back in 2007 . . . I wish I would have taken pictures of what our backyard looked like when we moved in, back in September 2007. But I have a very good reason that I didnt: it looked awful. Our...

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Watership Down in our backyard!

Laura — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:18:00 +0000

Yep — that’s a rabbit. In our fenced-in back yard. He’s an expert hole-digger and a pretty fast runner. The little girl inside my head thinks he’s cute. The adult gardener in my head is not happy he’s enjoying our large vegetable garden. I spotted him when I was editing a backyard garden photo ....

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Container Gardening Mini-Series: Fertilizer

Laura — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:44:00 +0000

Welcome to the third installment of our Container Garden Mini-Series. Today’s post is a bit more lengthy as there’s lots of info I want to share with you. First, to catch up on this mini-series, you can read Parts One and Two by clicking below: Part One: Commitment ...

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