the city garden

A few weeks ago, my mom came to visit. At the time, I was struggling with the planters on my front steps - 10 hours of direct sunlight up ag...

Here is a photograph-heavy post about ivy. When I put an offer on my house, it came with a lovely crumbling brick wall in the lovely back ...

The post-junk-removal planning period has required a lot of thinking and not a lot of doing. Nevertheless, there has been some progress: we ...

I learned some things about junk removal over the past few days. A cursory internet search was less than helpful*, so here is my rundown. Sh...

At long last, some progress! I can't believe it has taken four months to rip everything up in the back yard. Admittedly, I haven't...

Update: The backyard project got sidelined while I finish out the semester. In the meantime, please enjoy this photograph of delicious-looki...

Well, friends, it seems as though I failed at keeping this blog going last summer. Typically, I neglect/abandon a blog for a whole host of r...