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FRIDAY FINDS … on SUNDAY
I’ve missed Friday Finds two weeks in a row and I didn’t want to let this one pass completely so I bring you a rare Sunday post. I’ll dispense with the usual preamble and get right into it. Here’s some of the best of what I was loving on the web last week. New House New Home photo Heather shared ...
AND THE RENO BEAT GOES ON … AND ON
I figured it was time for an update on our little office / back room project, but prepare yourself for the most unexciting update ever. Last I mentioned it, the drywall was up and the ceilings were painted and ready to be installed. That was ages ago. At least it seems like it. I think it was about two weeks ...
SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN SEEDS
I spent the weekend celebrating my birthday. It wasn’t a “special” birthday and the intention was for it to be very low-key, but things kept popping up, so I just kept eating and drinking and celebrating with friends and family. That was fantastic, but it pushed off me organizing my seed order for another weekend. And I have to say, ...
Everything you need for seed starting
It’s already the third week in January and seed starting is right around the corner. I feel like I’m behind this year, having only ordered a few sweet pea varieties from Floret Flower Farm‘s new store. I need to start making lists and ordering soon because nothing is more disappointing that not being able to find the varieties you want. ...
HOW TO PAINT WOOD CEILNG PLANKS
I’m doing all the painting the back room / office, which has been taking up a considerable amount of the time I normally spend gazing at seed catalogs. Fortunately, I’ve powered through the majority of it and in the process developed a pretty good method for painting wood ceiling planks. Having painted the wood ceilings in the kitchen (they were ...
FRIDAY FINDS & MORE RENO NEWS
Holy smokes, a whole week got away from me without a single post. Sorry about that! Busy week with a lot of late nights up painting. A quick update on the reno in the office before I get to the fun stuff. We had a little surprise early in the week when the drywall guy thought he was finished, but ...
FRIDAY FINDS & A RENOVATION UPDATE
It’s the first Friday Finds of the year, but first a quick update on what’s happening in the back room / office (I really need to just figure out a name for that room and call it that once and for all). Drywall is up, including on the ceiling, which was a surprise to me. Since we’re putting wood planks ...
RENOVATION … AGAIN
Surprise! I’ve been talking about all kinds of projects, namely a bit of DIY in the basement and redoing the downstairs bathroom, but here we are doing a project (and by we, I mean the people we hired to do it) that I don’t think I’ve even mentioned. This is how stuff goes around here. And this is what I ...
A NEW HOME FOR THE STAGHORN
The staghorn fern got some new digs for the new year. You may recall that I wrote about how it was doing so well it needed to be repotted, and fortunately Kylee over at Our Little Acre saw my plea for some advice. Turns out she has a great tutorial on her blog about how to create a hanging planter ...
2015: A GARDENER’S YEAR IN REVIEW
There are just two hours left in 2015 and although I might be a just bit late on pulling together a little 2015 retrospective, I’d be remiss in not doing so. In January I talked about the perennial of the year for 2015: Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo’. I love that plant then and I love it now. And it’s still on any ...
WHAT GARDENS WILL LOOK LIKE IN 2016
Gardening seems to be more insulated from the trends that drive home decor, but I think that’s because it takes longer to develop a garden. You can buy new furniture for your living room and change the whole look in a day but a change like that takes years in a garden. Still, I believe there are shifts in gardening ...
A GREAT HOLIDAY, FOLLOWED BY THE GREAT PURGE
I’ll admit I’m not a fan of Christmas on a Friday because from a regular job perspective, it’s a big challenge. On the other hand, two “extra” days after the holiday were pretty darn amazing to have. Christmas was great. Lots of good family time, great food, a Christmas Eve showing of the new “Star Wars” movie, the series finale ...
CHRISTMAS WISHES
Ever since we threw a Santa hat on our first dog Hudson when he was just puppy and mailed it out, Christmas cards featuring the dogs have become “a thing.” Mr. Much More Patient says we’ve been slacking off in recent years and needed to do something more extravagant this year, but I’ve found that the more complicated we make ...
CHRISTMAS CHEER
Christmas is pretty basic at our house this year and I can’t tell you why. Maybe it’s the unseasonably warm weather we’ve been having that makes it seem not-at-all like Christmastime. Maybe it’s having house projects in the plans and not wanting to have to deal with anything more. Maybe it’s the logistics of a lot of decorations with a ...
FRIDAY FINDS
‘Tis the holiday season of slow and steady for me. I can’t believe I’ve shown you pretty much nothing in the way of decoration at my house yet. I do have photos, but I’d like to supplement them with some taken at dusk with everything lit up and, since dusk is at about 4 p.m. these days, I only see ...
STAGHORN STAGING
Houseplants are my downfall. I love them but I abuse them. Or perhaps neglect is the more appropriate term. Either way, I avoid buying expensive houseplants because my track record with them is not good. Flora Grubb greenhouse photo For years I have wanted a staghorn fern (Platycerium bifurcatum). I think they are the coolest looking plants, with their big, strappy ...
Letters from the Garden
Letters from the Garden
