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Hobbity Homestead

November 29, 2010

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Much better pictures of the new abode. There are a few glimpses of the house. It is buried into a hillside and camouflaged in greenery. We inherited a peach tree that is awesome so we planted a fruit trees all around it to make a small orchard. Peaches, cherries, pears, blueberries, and fig. Refugees from the old ...

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The New Abode

November 26, 2010

Forest garden - under construction

So I have moved from a garden by the sea to a garden in the woods not far from the sea. It's another hobbit-like house built into a hill with a half acre of cleared land for gardens and about 2 acres of forest and brambles. There are wild berries and herbs hiding in there ...

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Fare Thee Well and Fading

November 19, 2009

Never say never. I proclaimed the last rose of autumn and suddenly my garden exploded with new flowers late into the season surviving two nor'easters. They did not, however, all survive the rabbits who indulged in a rose petal feast early this morning. I can't complain. The garden is beautiful even as it fades and ...

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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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