NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

Late lover of pesto

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Friends – why have I waited so long to try pesto? It’s truly delicious. We have an abundance of basil in the garden this year and I was looking for easy ways to use it. For some reason, I’ve never tried pesto. I think it was due in part to the strange green color. And […]

A little arrangement

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Well, I was inspired by all the succulent arrangements in the blogosphere. So I decided that I need my own. So, I picked some plants up at a local garden store and put them together in this old wood container I picked up at a junk store. It’s really quite cute, right? What do you […]

Two gardens

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Some of you have asked about the garden –Are we doing a vegetable garden with the renovation going on?Which house would we plant at?What veggies and herbs are we planting? So, here’s the answer.We did plant vegetables and herbs this year. I don’t think we could go without it now that we’ve been gardening for […]

Flowers, finally, and other curb appeal progress

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Well, this weekend managed to provide me with a little time to finally plant the flowers I’ve had on the porch for weeks. Thank you, Mother Nature. I also thought it may be time to swap out the Christmas door mat. So, I picked up this great geometric door mat at IKEA. And do you […]

Birdies and BBQ

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Last weekend, we finally had grillin’ weather. I was psyched for it… until I opened the grill. Looks to be a robin’s sparrow’s nest. (Post edit: I mixed that up.) A very large nest at that. With four five little eggs. (Post edit: I can’t count, clearly.) Luckily, our neighbor allowed us to use her grill, […]