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  • The Lovely Victorian Garden | Making it Lovely

    Reviving the Front Yard For Spring

    This is the second of three posts sponsored by RISE’s AND not OR home and garden program. All thoughts and opinions are…
    May 17, 2019
  • Ferns for the Yard

    Planning a Secluded Garden

    This is the first post of three sponsored by RISE’s AND not OR home and garden program. All thoughts and opinions are…
    May 8, 2019
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    Our New Cedar Fence

    We have a new fence! In December, which is kind of weird. We had been trying to get this scheduled…
    December 17, 2018
  • Making it Lovely's Queen Anne Victorian

    The Front Yard, One Year Later

    This is the third of three posts sponsored by RISE’s AND not OR home and garden program. All thoughts and…
    May 11, 2018
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    The Newly Planted Backyard

    This is the second of three posts sponsored by RISE’s AND not OR home and garden program. All thoughts and…
    May 4, 2018
  • Hostas and Heuchera

    I’m So Handy

    There was snow on the ground 10 days ago, but since then I've been out in the garden every day,…
    April 27, 2018
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  • The Lovely Victorian Garden | Making it Lovely

    Reviving the Front Yard For Spring

    This is the second of three posts sponsored by RISE’s AND not OR home and garden program. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The great spring…

    May 17, 201915 commentsExterior & Garden
  • Ferns for the Yard

    Planning a Secluded Garden

    This is the first post of three sponsored by RISE’s AND not OR home and garden program. All thoughts and opinions are my own. We have a…

    May 8, 20194 commentsExterior & Garden
  • Our New Cedar Fence | Making it Lovely

    Our New Cedar Fence

    We have a new fence! In December, which is kind of weird. We had been trying to get this scheduled since the summer, and it…

    December 17, 201815 commentsExterior & Garden, The Victorian House
  • Making it Lovely's Queen Anne Victorian

    The Front Yard, One Year Later

    This is the third of three posts sponsored by RISE’s AND not OR home and garden program. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Everything…

    May 11, 20186 commentsExterior & Garden, The Victorian House
  • Garden Details

    The Newly Planted Backyard

    This is the second of three posts sponsored by RISE’s AND not OR home and garden program. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The…

    May 4, 201810 commentsExterior & Garden, The Victorian House
  • Hostas and Heuchera

    I’m So Handy

    There was snow on the ground 10 days ago, but since then I’ve been out in the garden every day, all day. It’s looking good!…

    April 27, 20187 commentsExterior & Garden, The Victorian House
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