Category: yard
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Life updates…and where do we go from here?
Last month, when school let out, I found myself coming off of a highly stressful school year, wrestling with whether I should change jobs, and also undergoing medical testing for breast cancer. I took a month off from blogging to rest, regroup and try to process it all. During that time, I decided not to…
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Updating our backyard spaces
I’m not sure who else out there has a plan for their backyard, but I know we certainly do. Recently, my backyard had some rough areas. We had this empty flower bed, where we briefly considered installing a patio. Due to its proximity to our electrical lines, we decided to transfer our fire pit patio…
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Beautiful Backyard Spaces: A Pinterest Roundup
As you know, our backyard and back porch are currently undergoing a bit of an upgrade. I am planning to write some individual posts on our back porch project and our yard projects shortly, but for now I want to share some “Pin-spiration.” If you’re new here, “Pin-spiration” is just my made-up terminology for things…
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Back porch refresh: a mood board and a plan
Our back porch currently looks like this: We had it pressure washed and water sealed recently and we haven’t put our porch furniture back on it yet. Currently, it’s a big blank slate. Prior to pressure washing, our porch looked like this: not bad, but kind of boring. I’d like to change up the porch…
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New Uses for Old Things: DIY plant pots
Lately, I find myself trying to save money on my gardening supplies. If you aren’t careful, you can spend a lot on seed cells and plant pots. Why not try to use some of what you already have on hand? I must have about a hundred of these. And yogurt cups! I decided to peel…