Growing | Fence Post Flower Farm

The frost that taught me everything

In our first year at this house I promised Dave we wouldn’t have a garden, but by the time Memorial Day rolled around we had unpacked the seed boxes and he said okay I’ll make a little garden by cutting out the grass, will 6’x6′ be big enough? I only had...

My Mary Poppins Mailbox: The Garden Tool Trick That Keeps Me Outside

by Laura | Growing

If you didn’t read the last blog post you can check it out here. To answer those questions… here we go… So Laura how much can you ACTUALLY fit inside this mailbox of yours? Honestly it feels a little like a Mary Poppins mailbox, it has so much more...

My (Garden) Mailbox

by Laura | Growing

Years ago I remember seeing a brightly painted colorful mailbox in this whimsical garden on Pinterest. Inside the mailbox the gardener had her gloves and tools. Genius! When we built our big garden I said I want my own mailbox! Little did I know that basic...

Big Snow Means a Blank Slate

by Laura | Growing

Garden planning doesn’t begin with plants in hand—it begins in winter, when the garden is quiet and the pressure to decide is gone.