When we first started this blog of all of our landscaping adventures back in 2016, one of my first posts was labeled “Building Beds For Dreams” and it was about our first growing space that we created. They were two beautiful raised beds that have been supplying us with delicious food for the last 6…
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Winter’s Last Gasp
Optimistic about getting the garden going early, excited about getting the garden going, Winter had one last gasp. Our weather had been reaching 7-10*C for the week previous to this unfortunate morning sight. The day before we had been out in the yard, taking photos of some of our plants that were starting to wake…
The Importance of Canning
As we are planning our garden for the 2021 growing year, we are also determining how we will process some of our foods. Up until we started growing a large garden, we hadn’t spent any time canning food. Our little garden in our rental gave us enough food to enjoy while it grew, but wasn’t…
Cutting Board Care 101
GENERAL CARE INSTRUCTIONS Normal wear and tear will occur with all cutting boards, but with a little maintenance, your boards can last a lifetime and continue to look amazing. Wood based kitchen items should never be left submerged in water for any amount of time. Most wood based kitchen utensils are also not meant to…
Beautiful Boards
Well the experiment has come to an end and the final result is awesome….in my opinion but I am somewhat biased since I made them. As mentioned in my previous post, I have been wanting to try making cutting boards for a while now and in December I purchased some wood to finally dive into…
Everything Is Better With Butter
This won’t be your average recipe post, and the butter I’m referencing won’t be overly tasty…but it does make certain things better! This is all about board butter. With the creation of some cutting boards out of some beautiful woods, I wanted to make sure that whoever gets them will have the opportunity and knowledge…
Pew-Pew-Procrastination
January to April are always busy months for me on a “work” level. Not only am I working my full-time job, but I also take on teaching a class at our local university, which involves some hands-on, out-of-class work. As an event coordinator, I would have thought my January to April would be a little…
Ellie’s Throne Plans
As promised, here are the build plans and supplies list to build Ellie’s Throne. Although we used it for our dogs to enjoy, they are very comfortable chairs and could be a nice addition to your home for people to enjoy instead. If making them for your own enjoyment, then I recommend either purchasing cushions,…
The Throne
Our dogs are spoiled, I will be the first to admit it. Growing up, both Kurt and I had dogs, so it was always known that we would have them in our adult lives. When I finished University and finally moved out of my parents house (thankful for the free accommodations!), I knew a dog…
Mapping Chaos
In June 2019, I made a post called “Carefully Planned Chaos” which outlined all the changes that we had been making over the years as we developed the yard. From 2014-2017 I had used a simple map that I had drawn that was somewhat to scale but not really. As we made changes each year,…
JK Building The Dream 