Posts from the ‘Random Stuff’ Category

  • A raised garden for my in-laws in Vegas

    December 3rd, 2012 | Random Stuff | Melanie | No Comments

    This past summer I was visiting my in-laws and decided to build them a few garden boxes. My nephew helped me and we had lots of fun putting them together. My in-laws have planted all kinds of things since I left. They even built a few more. You can garden anywhere there is sun and […]

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  • A fun fort I built for my kids

    December 2nd, 2012 | Random Stuff | Melanie | No Comments

    About five years ago I had an “itch” I had to “scratch”. I wanted to build a fort for the kids. I had built one in a tree in our old house but we didn’t have a big enough tree to handle a big fort. I designed it 10 by 10 with a 6 ft […]

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  • Every garden needs a gnome…

    October 22nd, 2012 | Random Stuff | Melanie | No Comments

    I was in Walmart last summer and couldn’t resist buying this little gnome. His crackled glass hat is adorable and he has held out great with the weather. I really got him for my grandkids… I think they will someday love to check on him when we water the garden and pick veggies together. I […]

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  • A super fun cake we made

    July 24th, 2012 | Random Stuff | Melanie | 3 Comments

    My daughter and I made this cake for a fundraising auction and had lots of fun.  It won a whopping $205 bucks!  All the little girls were dreamy over it. it was so cute!

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  • A raised garden for a friend: small spaces work!

    June 8th, 2012 | Random Stuff | Melanie | 56 Comments

    I have a good friend who wanted to grow tomatoes. She is an amazing woman, and she lives with her husband in an over-55 community that has very small yards. I built her a single garden box to grow tomatoes in, and she liked it so much she wanted two double boxes. She loves harvesting […]

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  • There’s a rabbit in my garden, but I don’t care

    May 22nd, 2012 | My Garden, Random Stuff | Melanie | No Comments

    So I’m out in my garden and I hear a rustling noise.  I see a brown object race by my feet and I get a quick glimpse… it’s a rabbit!  It was big too!! At first I was mad – I mean the nerve of him trying to get to all my home grown greens. […]

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