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Sunday Scenes: Garden Toes

Sunday Scenes: Garden Toes

I’ve spent the weekend with my toes covered in soil, my face in the sun, and a tummy full of grilled meals. It’s been spectacular and totally unplanned. We kicked off the weekend with a Summer feast of grilled baby back ribs, corn on the cob and steamed veggies.As I dug my teeth into the…

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Happy Monkey

Happy Monkey

We got up early this morning to put the final touches on the backyard + tidy up the house. Once our breakfast was digested, Kevin and I started dreaming up a snack that had to be: Sweet, but not too sweet Quick to make Cool us down Make the neighbors jealous What says morning “snack”…

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Planning our Garden

Planning our Garden

It’s been over a week since I planted our perennial garden and to my amazement nothing is dead! Since I seem to have done something right, I thought it’d be fun to take you through how I became a gardener overnight. Every good garden begins with research If you’re like me and know nothing about…

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Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?

Holy dirt. It’s 6pm on a Saturday and I’m absolutely pooped. But hey, look at the progress we’ve made in just over 24 hours! Friday My goal on Friday was to get most of our front garden sorted out. What I quickly learned is that gardening isn’t exactly thrilling. That is until you blare some…

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