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In The Garden

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September 9, 2009

garden pictures

This is the stone path we are building in the new section of front garden. It was an ugly asphalt drive that we tore up with a pick axe. Hopefully there will be low growing thyme inbetween the stones by next spring and those scrappy looking arborvitae with their little pointy heads chopped off will ...

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Our new deck, giant sunflowers, pink hibiscus, busy bees, tons of tomatoes, and hot peppers galore.

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A long awaited orchid blooms on the front porch, explosions of color, heat, rain, crazy big waves, whoopie pies, silliness, drama, pfft, lots and lots of cucumbers, and no further comment...

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Plenty of Thyme

July 21, 2009

Greenhouse Shed (window side)

We finally got around to putting up a greenhouse (of a kind) after all these years of indecision on the matter. Since we are on a cliff by the sea and the wind can be ferocious, we decided on a well insulated cedar shed that doubles as a greenhouse. The plan is to build a ...

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