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Fling Into Spring With Us!
Come along as we expand our cut flower garden, build a pergola and host two Tuscany themed outdoor parties!
Flower Bouquets and Lavender Distilling!
Follow us through our flower journey as we create a cut flower garden for flower bouquets at our roadside flower stand and distill lavender!
Cantilevered Pergola and Cedar Hot Tub Projects - Some Assembly Required!
DIY Cantilevered Pergola and Round Cedar Hot Tub to finish off the exterior addition
Pickles - Kind of a big dill around here!
Pickles - Naturally Fermented vs Vinegar - Read about our friendly farmhouse competition
A Fun DIY Alternative To A Wishing Well
Looking for a fun alternative to a wishing well we repurposed wine barrels to cover our well and water pump! Read more to see how we did it!
This Old Porch - Preserving a 1905 Front Porch
This old 1905 front porch has lived through many facelifts over the times. See how we've preserved this timeless piece of the house and brought some southern charm to the tongue and groove ceiling.
Dining Room DIY Tongue and Groove Ceiling
Halfway through the kitchen renovation we could see how the rooms were going to flow and realized that a long term goal of replacing the dining room floor and ceiling was moving up our priority list.
The Wee Greenhouse Project
We were itching to start growing in early spring when it was still too cold to dig into the dirt! We used what we had around, old pieces of wood and windows, to create our very own greenhouse! Today it is the happy home of many sunflowers that are sprouting and all the stalk veggies were regenerating!
Regenerating Leeks
We love leeks and read that we could grow leeks from the stalk ends. We gave it a shot and were very impressed with how quickly we started to see regrowth!
DIY Shed de Garbage - A Useful COVID - 19 Project!
We needed a new garbage shed to replace our old one that was falling apart. We gave ourselves the challenge to only use supplies left over from our other projects! Some fence boards and hinges did the trick!
Easy, Delicious, Healthy, Gluten-Free and Vegan Leek Potato Soup
We are obsessed with this soup! It’s simple to make and only requires six ingredients. Its vegan, gluten-free and totally delicious! Enjoy!
Argentine Grill & Wood Oven Pizza - That’s Amore!
After being inspired in Italy and locally we decided to build our own outdoor wood fired pizza oven and argentine grill! Lots of planning was involved in making our dreams a reality and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the results.
DIY Garden Arch
Determined to do-it-ourselves we built our own arm to carve garden arches out of 2x4’s glues together.
Exposed Brick Wall
In the process of building our new open-concept kitchen and living space we were surprised to discovere an original 1904 brick wall. Already partially painted white we repaired and painted the wall to match.
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