Here we are, friends, it’s the middle of July. Summer is here in all of its glory. I snapped these photographs around our yard on the first of the month. So much has already changed out there. We have so many vegetables on the vines now–tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, pumpkins, peppers. We have made several harvests and soon there will be so much freshness flowing into our kitchen. We received an…
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Planting Seeds and Finding Hope
Read moreHappy Monday, sweet friends. What a strange time we are in. So much has changed in the ten days since I shared my thoughts on the pandemic. At that point, it was just a looming anxiety over what was to come. Now, as we approach…
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in the garden // mid-august
Read moreThis past month, the garden has provided us with bounty after bounty. We’ve spent hours in the sun caring and tending. We’ve spent beautiful evenings gathering & harvesting. We eat dinner from the garden at least five days each week and many lunches, too. On…
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in the garden // late july
Read moreLate July brings bounty & beauty to our garden. These are my favorite photographs from the garden yet. I could just sit and stare at them all day. They capture the plant life out there so beautifully. What I didn’t capture is the animal life!…
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Our Yard & Gardens in May // Part 2
Read moreWelcome to part two of Our Yard & Gardens in May. As I mentioned in part one, there’s so much blooming out there right now that I had to make two posts to cover it all. In this post, I’ll talk about what we’ve got…
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Our Yard & Gardens in May // Part 1
Read moreWe have a love/hate relationship with our home. I could go on and on about the things that we dislike (the fact that it’s too small, the dirt basement, the fact that we’re on a main road, etc.), but I’ll save that for another time.…
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harvest //
Read moreEarly in summer, my mother-in-law gifted us with a used wagon from the thrift shop where she works. Little did we know then that the wagon would become such an important part of our summer harvesting ritual. A few times each week, when M. got…
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Around the Yard in July
Read moreOh, how I love summertime. There is always something blossoming in our yard. Every day I incorporate something fresh from the garden into our meals. This has only been my second time ever growing food from seed. There is something about the experience that makes…
