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May 15, 2018May 20, 2025 - Jana 1 Comment

New Gardener? 5 Easy Vegetables That Practically Grow Themselves

5 easy vegetables to grow

If you’re a new gardener, welcome to the wild and wonderful world of dirt, sunlight, and the occasional slug. It might feel overwhelming at first—especially when people start tossing around terms like “soil composition” or “growing zones” like you’re supposed to know what that means. One minute you’re thinking, Hey,[Read more]

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May 6, 2018May 29, 2025 - Jana Leave a comment

Build A Raised Garden Bed on a Hill

A raised garden bed with black weed block

Let’s talk about my yard: I love my home—but gardening here? That’s a different story. My house sits on the top of a hill (great for flood insurance, not great for carrots), and the entire yard is a mix of grass and moss. And when I say moss, I mean[Read more]

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April 20, 2018February 12, 2025 - Jana Leave a comment

Spring Break – Getting My Garden In

This past week, we’ve been on Spring Break. I’ve been watching Facebook posts of all our friends traveling to warm places or cruises. While I love warm places, I haven’t had a single incident of FOMO. Instead, I’ve been catching up with everything that’s been put off outside because of[Read more]

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February 13, 2018August 3, 2018 - Jana 6 Comments

Tackling the Blackberry Bushes in an Over Grown Yard

If you live in the Pacific Northwest, one of the things you have to deal with is blackberry bushes. I have to fight on a weekly basis to remove blackberry bushes from my yard. They are insidious! The vines lurk under the soil of the yard and spring up where[Read more]

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