Our ever-evolving homestead

The garden has exploded! We have so so much lettuce. I’m not complaining, but if you want any, come on over and take a few bags home. It’s great to go out and pick our dinner salad at the end of the day. And in the morning, we pick strawberries. We also have kale that’s … Continue reading

Northwest Farmfest 2014!

Northwest Farmfest was an enormous success! It was amazing to see the group work so hard together. We got so much done in one long weekend. And it was so fun! We had great meals – so much mac and cheese! – and plenty of Manny’s and lemonade. I’m going to have to rename this … Continue reading

Creative types…

Me: Who made this?
Josie: I made it.
Me: What’s it for?
Josie: It’s for nothing. It’s just art.

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Our garden

I’ve been doing a lot of work in our garden. It helps when we have record high temps in the Pacific Northwest – no one likes to weed in the drizzle. Yesterday I planted more lettuces, zucchini, cucumbers and pumpkins. The lettuces I started in the greenhouse a few weeks ago, so they were spindly … Continue reading

Mariners game!

We had lunch at Henry’s – C’s burger had Mac and cheese on it – and then bought some cheap seats and headed into the stadium. Josie had a marshmallow after her ice cream and then got to hang with the Moose. Great sunny day at the ballpark!

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Giant rhubarb!

Thank you, again, to the Crawfords for planting the rhubarb (however many years ago) that we’re harvesting! Easiest gardening ever.

House construction progress

We had a bit of a break from the construction this week. We are waiting for the finishing supplies – doors, windows, decking – but it does feel like time lost. Hopefully everything comes in early next week and the guys can get down to business. We decided on Tiger wood (ha!) for the decking … Continue reading

Weekend with family!

Alicia, Brian and Josie came up Sunday morning to enjoy the awesome weather with us. Brian took Monday off, so we were able to hang out all of Sunday, and then go check out the tulips in Skagit County on Monday. The weather was amazing both days, and we spent nearly every minute outside. Josie … Continue reading

Our first harvest

Today we picked two asparagus spears and five rhubarb stalks. It is because of the gardening of the previous owners that we have anything to harvest this time of year – so thank you, Crawfords! We put the asparagus on homemade pizzas last night, and I made a compote with the rhubarb that we’ll have on some ice cream tonight. Yummy!

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