NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

Extra! Extra!

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Our local newspaper ran an wrap-up article about our garden on Sunday. I didn’t end up sounding like a complete idiot, so I consider it a success. Check it out here. (Photo credit: Quad-City Times) And, in case you cannot get enough Kim, here’s the first article that ran about our garden (blogged here). Kinda random […]

Mums the word

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I love mums. And this year – for the first time – my mums came back up. I planted them in 2007 and they didn’t come back in 2008. But, they are back with a vengeance this year. They got GINORMOUS. It’s looking a little crazy in our side yard. I planted the bulbs and they […]

In case you think I have a green thumb…

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I’m here to dispel that myth. Because, let’s be honest – everyone loves a good post about how someone is terrible at something. It’s good for our egos. And, it’s good to face the fact that I’m not good at some things. Take houseplants. Houseplants are my nemeses (is the plural of nemesis “nemeses?”). Remember […]

Garden-fresh recipes

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If you are anything like me, you are looking for ways to use your heaps of garden-fresh produce from your garden or the farmer’s market. I’ve had loads of cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant and peppers lately. (Do you KNOW how many peppers and eggplants grow on one plant??? A lot.) We will give away some of […]

So long, ugly fence

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Well, if you read Young House Love, you may be familiar with how they got rid of all their backyard landscaping, with no backbreaking work, through Craigslist. Well, this inspired Ryan and I when we were trying to get rid of our own eyesore. This fence. This fence was installed at the small house many […]

Rental reno – outside and porch

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A few of you have asked about our little fixer-upper, which we purchased in December. The first mention of it is here. We got a deal we couldn’t pass up on this foreclosure, plus it was only two blocks from our house. Ryan wanted to try his hand at rental, so we went ahead and […]