Sometimes in the night I awake with my heart pounding, a flurry of worries: Did I remember to pay the earthquake insurance? Did I shut the gate after I wandered over to visit the blackberry blossoms…or have the deer now nibbled all my broccoli down to nubs? What about that thing my daughter asked earlier,…
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A Few Garden Tips & Planning New (Big) Crops This Year
I was thrilled to spend a sunny day in the garden yesterday, and I took a few moments to share some of my main tips for growing strong plants, and especially looking at your green leafy veggies for signs of stress (like bolting). In this video, I chat candidly about some of the bigger growing…
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Spring Planting 101: What to Plant, What Not to Plant, & Determining Your Gardening “Type”
I’ve had so many great questions from all of you lately, I decided it might make sense to address all of them in a quick video. Give this a quick watch for a fast-paced, 9-minute discussion of spring and summer plantings. It’s especially topical if you are in the Pacific Northwest or are unsure when…
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Small Space Gardening Series: Let’s Talk Soil!
In this 10-minute segment I address the key things you need to consider for your soil health. Your soil is the source of strong, healthy root growth, plant health, and heavy-yield, high-production gardens in small spaces. From reworking small containers, amending poor soil, showing you the beginning stages of our front yard (small space) kitchen…
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May 2019 Contest Giveaway!
Hi friends! Here’s our first FREE CONTEST GIVEAWAY! I’ve updated the rules & extended the deadline. All you have to do is: 🌱1) FOLLOW us on Instagram or Facebook (or both). 🏡2) TAG a few friends in the comments section of the Eating Buckets Farmhouse Contest Giveaway posts on either Facebook or Instagram. These should be people who…
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Winter wonderland.
Oh, PEOPLE! It’s a beautiful land out here. It’s that rare magic of rain turned ❄️ that we of Pacific Northwest ilk don’t often experience. I know our little shovelfuls of snow ain’t nuttin to the polar freeze capturing the Midwest. I know. But our little stretch of pearly white nature blankets has brought us the magic…
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Happy New Year!
“‘Dear old world,’ she murmured, ‘you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.’” —L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables. Wishing 2019 brings you everything bright & fresh, new & shiny, delightful & joyful, dreamy & fantastic, adventurous & playful, simple & sweet, lovely & loving, colorful & tasty & sumptuous,…
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Live only as you can.
I’m browsing through a favorite design book, City Farmhouse Style, by Kim Leggett, and came upon this favorite photo in the photo spread on page 11. This quote is fabulous. Happy Sunday! May Monday morning be easy, and the day ahead bring joy.
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A heartfelt thank you.
Thank you for reading and supporting me! I am so grateful, my heart just might burst with all the good feels you have given me! Thank you for reading, thank you for commenting, thank you for sharing, thank you for inspiring me and all of us to live a good life and follow our best…
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Dehydrating plums.
And so it begins: Fruit harvest, starting with our giant bowl of Italian plums. I had helpers today in my sunny perch above the garden—plus a visit with a neighbor, Spanish guitar music soaking the kitchen in its light, happy melody, and the certain feeling that all is well in the world.
