DIY Landscape Center FREEBIES

DIY Landscape Center FREEBIES

On Sat­ur­day, April 30th, 2011 the DIY Land­scape Cen­ter will be cel­e­brat­ing their Grand Open­ing by host­ing a ‘pot party’.  Okay, they told me not to call it that but the name is sort of funny! If you bring your pots/containers, they will fill them with soil FREE!  Who doesn’t love free?   DIY Land­scape Cen­ter @   Continue…

Sharing Backyards: the gardening solution for urban dwellers!

Sharing Backyards: the gardening solution for urban dwellers!

My sis­ter in law Rachel had an oppo­site prob­lem; she has a large yard but didn’t have time to main­tain a gar­den alone. We decided to gar­den together, split­ting the cost for seeds, tak­ing turns work­ing in the gar­den and shar­ing the produce.

Cherry Blossom Festival

Cherry Blossom Festival

I know this blog is about all things local but, occas­sion­ally, it’s fun to think past our bor­ders– or even global.  I had the oppor­tu­nity to vaca­tion in Wash­ing­ton DC with 2 of my sis­ters at the begin­ning of April.  What an adven­ture! We were spouse and kid free for 6 whole days!  It was   Continue…

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