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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: backyard garden

  • our backyard garden 2015.

    I have shared little bits about our backyard garden this spring and summer, but no big updates. Which is crazy! We've actually had our most productive garden this year. (Tomato wise, that is.) Our planter boxes are on the East side of our house and they probably get too much sun. To try and help…

  • in the garden : august 4.

    And as a reminder, this is what the garden looked like at the end of June : June 29. The love affair continues. We are slowly, but surely getting produce out of this garden. Every afternoon there is at least a handful of sungold tomatoes (much to Ellerie's joy – she gets to eat them…

  • in the garden : june 29.

    And as a reminder, this is what the garden looked like towards the beginning of June : June 8 I am SO obsessed with this hobby, you guys. Like nutty. Maybe it's because it's a TRUE hobby, not a potential money maker for me. I am never going to sell veggies but I am for…

  • in the garden : june 8.

    A lot has changed since my last update in April. Below is what things looked like then… April 22 First the obvious stuff: I turned that front right bed into just a "compost-ish" space, or the open space where I am throwing excess leaves and plant trimmings. No food scraps yet (we had some issues…

  • #tasteslikecandy

    My backyard garden has been off to a rather rocky (err, hot) start this year. I'm working on it (buying earthworms is on our agenda today!) but so far, so slow. These three sungolds are the first (delicious) fruits of the summer. One for each of us. This week on ELISE GETS CRAFTY, I'm talking…

  • the backyard garden in april.

    I'm so excited about the garden this year. You can read about the beginnings here. Since then, I have tried and failed to transplant my seedlings. (Who knows what went wrong… too quick, to much shock, too much weather, too much water?) I did decide to sow some carrot and cucumber seeds directly into the…

  • backyard garden 2014.

    So, two things happened this past weekend. On a large – nearly nationwide – scale, we sprung our clocks forward and yep lost an hour of sleep, but gained sunlight for an extra hour each evening. I count down the minutes to Daylight Saving like a kid on Christmas except the magic of this transition…

  • our backyard is complete(ish)!

    Last week we finished up and sealed our outdoor patio and I am SO thrilled with the result. The bulk of this project was completed in January (you can read more on the decking there), but we needed a jigsaw to cut the Ikea PLATTA decking to fit around the brick curve. Paul created templates…

  • jade plant ampersand.

    So the good news is, the jade wreath is still doing great on my front door. We're about eight weeks in and it looks the same. The great news is the jade plants in my backyard are still triving. Above and below you can see photo of the new growth that's popping up in the…

  • backyard progress.

    I am so excited to share some progress on the backyard jungle. We've had a plan for awhile now, but while my parents were in town the past few days we were finally able to make some progress. And what satisfying progress it was. My dad spent Tuesday and Wednesday turning up and leveling the…