It has been about a month and a half since we put our first seeds into our new garden beds. Those garden beds were years in the making, requiring us to build rock walls to trellis our sloped yard, so we are SUPER excited to be at this point this year with planting our garden…
Tag: gardening
Old & New
This last week, Kurt and I have been on vacation, which during COVID and travel restrictions meant a staycation. Not a problem! We live in a beautiful area with lots to do outdoors, so we made varying plans that would depend on the weather. One plan we also made was to be spontaneous and NOT…
Spring Growth
It has been almost a month now since we started a few plants inside the house. They are happily growing big and tall and are on-track with being ready to go into the garden beds in mid-May. Over the next week or so, I will begin to put them outside on the deck for the…
Tipping The Scales – 2020 Edition
The last harvest has been done, the yard cleaned, the last walls built and the sprinklers blown out… with just days to spare before the first snowfall. According to Environment Canada, this is the second highest amount of snowfall we have had on any day in October. The highest day was back in 1933, so…
Level Up Achieved
Convenient timing for this post. Not only our 100th post, but also a major levelling-up in our backyard oasis. Rocks have been a major theme in our landscaping adventure, especially in the last year. We have gone from building rock walls to finishing gardens with rocks and planters to make for easier maintenance. I love…
The Takeover
We have switched gears from building to growing…sort of. We are still doing some building but more of our focus in the last few weeks has been getting all of our plants into the ground and all of the irrigation run, checked and running. The only challenge was that we have so much more that…
Hide & Seek
As a kid, hide & seek is an all time favourite game. Finding little nooks and crannies to hide in while others looked was always fun. When we finished the rock garden by the air conditioner, the planters beside the big air conditioning unit, just lost some of its lustre and beauty. So we decided…
Rockin’ It Tour
Loving the re-designed flower bed, we decided to use the same look on another flower bed in the upper lawn area. It is right next to our back door and houses our air conditioning unit. The previous owners had planted some beautiful bushes but they were unruly looking, no matter how much trimming we did…
Pico De Gallo
After our trip to Belize, we cannot get enough pico de gallo! With fresh veggies & herbs from the garden, this will be a summer staple this year. It is a super simple recipe, and so very rewarding. You will need: 1 medium to large tomato 1/2 onion (sweet or red) 1/2 – 1 jalapeno…
Building Beds for Dreams
Jumping on the energy and creative juices we had with the tomato towers we decided to continue expanding our growing space. We knew that there was a lot of work that we wanted to get done in the yard this year and didn’t want to miss out on some good veggies from the garden. We…
JK Building The Dream 