We just wanted to drop in with a quick Saturday update on our vegetable garden progress. Our last garden post covered the soil prep and vegetable planting. The veggies have been in the ground for about two weeks now, and they're really doing well. Here's a side-by-side view of the garden...
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After a somewhat long journey, and a fairly lengthy multi-part blog series, we've finally reached the final step of our organic garden project. In yesterday's post, we covered the construction of the raised bed.
With the raised bed complete and full of soil, we had one final prep step to complete before...
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A couple weeks ago we posted about starting work on our backyard vegetable garden. The project has been progressing nicely and it's about time we fill you in on what we've accomplished. We've read through our copy of Square Foot Gardening, got some great advice from friends and blog readers, and now...
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Wendy and I took the day off of work yesterday to rest up from hosting our guest over the weekend and to get moving on the small organic vegetable garden we've been planning in our backyard. The north wall of our backyard gets a decent amount of sunlight every day,...
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It's no secret. I love living in Old Town Alexandria. Growing up in suburban Ohio, I never imagined I'd see a traffic light out my bedroom window, let alone be just steps away from restaurants, bars, boutiques, places of historic significance, the waterfront and public transportation. But as much as...
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