I don't have a lot of garden memories since I spent the majority of my childhood in military housing apartments overseas, but as I've shared before, the garden memories I do have are from my Oma and...
edging the front walk
If you can't tell by my blog posts, we've been focusing our efforts on the exterior of the house over the past few weeks. I've been enjoying it and have some good momentum, but we're also trying to...
cleaning ivy (roots & stains) off of brick
When I first shared about the back wall of our house, I thought aloud about allowing ivy to grow up in certain areas and just keep it trimmed so it didn't take over. However, after pulling it from...
antique iron plant stand
One of the things on my Lucketts shopping wishlist was a plant stand. I was open to the style of plant stand, but I envisioned a tiered wrought iron plant stand and I know it would be hard to get...
marian tries | weaving garden cloches
Do you know what I've been thinking lately? I need more hobbies. I mean, a girl needs a few tasks to keep her busy. Of course, I'm being facetious since I have hobbies up to my eyeballs, but it's...
first willow garden structure project & an English dovecote
Several of you have asked about the English dovecote hanging near our front door as well as the willow garden support, so I wanted to back up a bit and share about those two pieces. Since the...
update on the back garden beds | part one
The areas that were always a struggle for me when it came to gardening were patience and planning. For years, I would make a feeble attempt at weeding and planting, but I didn't take any time to...
planting the espalier apple trees in terra cotta pots
Yesterday, I shared how we primed, painted, and installed the vintage-style trellises on our blank white wall of siding, and today, I want to share how I planted the espalier apple trees in large...
cedar vintage-style garden trellis reveal
Last week, my mom came out for the day to help me with some work in the garden along with priming and painting the vintage-style trellises. You can find the complete (and free) plan for the trellis...
DIY cedar garden obelisk
I was on a high from building the vintage-style trellises for the front of the house, so I decided to do more math and make a DIY cedar garden obelisk. I bought enough wood to make three trellises...