Pile Composting: How and Why
Composting is great for the garden and beneficial for the environment in general as we reduce the amount of trash … Continue Reading Pile Composting: How and Why
Javi Published an E-Book on Orchid Care!
Uh yeah, you read that title right. Javi is one of those people who comes up with an idea and … Continue Reading Javi Published an E-Book on Orchid Care!
How Trench Composting Fixed My Garden Soil
The Los Rodriguez Mansion garden has officially exploded. When I started building this garden and ordered the soil, I was … Continue Reading How Trench Composting Fixed My Garden Soil
We Have a Garden!
Back in Nashville, Javier spent an immense amount of time and effort building up our garden from summer 2011 after … Continue Reading We Have a Garden!
Quick Trip to Cinci
Javi and I took a quick day trip up to Cincinnati on Saturday to visit Danielle, Chris, and Embry in … Continue Reading Quick Trip to Cinci
Goodbye Sweet East Nashville Home
Gather ’round and let me tell you a tale of house hunting in East Nashville in 2011. Back then, the only houses … Continue Reading Goodbye Sweet East Nashville Home
Weekend at home
We’ve been busy around here! Two weekends ago was everything a weekend-at-home should be. On Friday Javi and I spent … Continue Reading Weekend at home
The thing about blogging…
The thing about blogging is that if you leave it alone for any period of time you feel like you … Continue Reading The thing about blogging…
Hey Nashville! Do you need soil, mulch, or any other gardening supplies?
This season is our third season gardening at home. We have experimented with different watering techniques, plants, flowers, veggies, soils, … Continue Reading Hey Nashville! Do you need soil, mulch, or any other gardening supplies?
Garden update! Roses, peonies, pansies…!
These past couple of weeks have been exceptionally warm, so the garden in the back and the beds in front … Continue Reading Garden update! Roses, peonies, pansies…!
Signs of Spring in Nashville!
It’s spring! It’s gardening time! Javi has been working on a hydroponic garden – more on that later – and … Continue Reading Signs of Spring in Nashville!
Forced bulbs update
In November we decided to try forcing bulbs to grow in the middle of winter inside our house (see here). … Continue Reading Forced bulbs update
Forcing bulbs
The hundreds of bulbs that we planted outside will take a long time to flower…but we want flowers soon!! Luckily … Continue Reading Forcing bulbs
Bulb attack!
Some of our favorite flowers are bulbs. Last year when we worked on our new landscape it was too late … Continue Reading Bulb attack!
Sweet potatoes
Sweet Potatoes are a sign of fall. Last year my experiment with growing sweet potatoes was disappointing. The vines grew … Continue Reading Sweet potatoes
Fall Gardening
Last year we didn’t bother planting a fall garden – we let our summer garden die and then started planting … Continue Reading Fall Gardening
THE FINISHED LANDSCAPE!
I still can’t believe we never posted about our finished landscape. After all that work and all those updates along … Continue Reading THE FINISHED LANDSCAPE!
Garden Update!
Lately thanks to all this rainfall our garden is starting to look great. This year we planted corn, beans, tomatoes, … Continue Reading Garden Update!
Garden update
It’s been awhile since we gave you all a garden update. Soon we will also write an update on the … Continue Reading Garden update
Rose Rosette attack!
Thanks to our Master Gardener class, we learned that one of our roses was terminally ill. Even worse, the disease … Continue Reading Rose Rosette attack!
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