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Stone Garden Beds
IN LOVE 😍 Some Pro Tips! We now have a total of 8 stone beds & this part of the garden is complete as we are beginning to now plant! We filled the beds with cardboard, then stumps, then got shredded wood chip (or use plant matter like sticks) then we filled the top 12-18in with soil using scoops of the Sutherlands mixed compost/bed soil! (Do not mix wood chip & soil-LAYER them) Waaay cheaper! Do not do bags of soil haha. Total it was only $46 per bed to fill them! I’ve grown in this soil for ...
We bought the house two years ago come August, had three weeks to renovate and move in, and have been working on her ever since. The front door was a spare Pop had from a job, the porch was built from leftover deck materials that were warped. The stone path was made by foraging down by the river and loading stones back and forth with Ma and the kids. The lawn was a dirt pit and took hours upon hours of raking, sifting, adding new dirt, seeding, adding more dirt, and patience. The upstairs sin...
I have a million pictures of food on my phone so here’s a few: 1. Lemon poppyseed posset topped w/ raspberry sugar 2. Meatball minestrone soup, made with homemade bone broth & meatballs made using some sourdough breadcrubs. 3. Flourless chocolate lava cake with raspberry whipped cream (naturally pink with the help of a small piece of fresh beetroot) 4. Bread and butter of course 5. Homemade everything except for the plate (blueberry compote, extra salty butter, & sourdough bread). 6. Lemo...