Apr 26
Between Territorial and Peaceful Valley I’ve purchased quite a few seeds over the last two years. You’d think by the size of this list that we must have acres and acres on a farm somewhere – right? Guess again. We live in a small lot in town. We’ve got four 8×4′ raised beds, one 4×4′ raised bed and a 9×5′ greenhouse. Plus, space here and there in the perennial beds. Read more
Apr 24
Ok. Maybe not the egg you were thinking, but I simply couldn’t resist this chocolate egg filled with chocolate chicks that I picked up at Fran’s Chocolates in Seattle. It was too cute and their chocolate is AMAZING.
Egg from Fran's Chocolates
Cute chicks hidden inside the egg!!
The chocolate is so good we’ve already eaten the egg and half the chicks. It’s the little things that bring us joy. What a fun candy creation.
Happy Easter. Happy Sunday. Happy Spring. Happy Day.
Apr 16
We built a coop two years ago so we could get chickens. I really wanted chickens. We started our journey with two hens, Hazel and Henny Penny, and two chicks that both ended up being roosters. We sent one of the roosters to my mom’s farm and kept the white one we named Buttercup. Then last year we got our adored black silkie, Licorice. So, now we have three hens and one rooster in town.
It’s been awhile since I’ve shared pictures of our coop so, this is me sharing! Read more
Apr 15
Here’s the early spring view of our front perennial bed. There’s not a lot of blooms but a lot of GREEN! Yay.
Front Garden
We’ve also got a couple blooms:
Candytuft
Euphorbia
Daphne 'Summer Ice'
Magnolia
Grape Hyacinths
Heather
Blooms not pictured because it’s either too early or too late: Daffodils, Camellia (light pink), Star Magnolia and Blueberries.
Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day takes place on the 15th of every month and all started with May Dreams Gardens.
Apr 12
I was giddy like a school girl when I saw there was a tiny egg waiting for me in the coop. I’m pretty sure I did a little happy dance. I know it was either Hazel or Henny Penny that popped out the baby egg, since Licorice lays her eggs on the other side of the hen house. My money is on Hazel since she’s not a big egg layer. Read more
FREE-RANGE CHICKEN GARDENS. I have the pleasure of being included in Jessi Bloom's beautiful book (pages 27, 51 upper left, 112, 114-117). Check it out!
THE NEW LOW MAINTENANCE GARDEN. This book by Val Easton is one of my favorite design books.
WICKED PLANTS: Great read about poisonous plants by Amy Stewart.
THE VEGETABLE GARDENER'S BIBLE. My favorite vegetable garden reference book by Edward C. Smith.
GROW. COOK. EAT. by Willi Galloway is a beautiful vegetable garden cookbook. Great recipes and tips on eating ALL parts of the veggie - not just the mainstream parts.
Gardening in My Rubber Boots 