2023 Garden: Drip Irrigation System & Growth!
When I was out of town last weekend, Steven sent me photos that some of the seeds we planted were starting to pop up! Check out the beets on May 27: Versus on June 1: Things REALLY took off this week! It’s been fun to see everything grow so fast. I really enjoy...
Weekend Happenings! (2023 #22-2)
A few notes from the weekend! I went to Iowa this weekend for our niece Ella’s first birthday party. I did a lot so I am breaking this into two posts (here is part 1). Sunday Highlight | A bike ride with Dad and Snis What a fun ride! We had beautiful weather and...
2023 Garden: Planting & Sowing
Yesterday was the big day – we planted our tomato plants and sowed the rest of the seeds in our garden beds! Ha, even though Steven had explained it to me MANY times, I still was not grasping how many leftover tomato plants were were going to have. We are...
2023 Garden: Filling the beds
The weather (and our schedules!) cooperated and we filled our garden beds yesterday! First though, we finished putting the supports in the middle of the beds, then spent a bit of time discussing if we wanted to put sticks in the bottom of the beds for fill. We...
2023 Garden: Leveling the Beds
We were planning to level and fill the garden beds this weekend. On Friday, we had soil and compost (we’re doing a 2/1 ratio) and peat moss delivered. On Saturday we did a bunch of other yardwork (picking up sticks, mowing, putting soil and seed over patches...
Hi! I’m Kim, a 40-something-year-old living in northeastern Illinois with my husband Steven, and our cats, Khaleesi, Apollo, Starbuck, and Eddard aka Ned. My current main hobbies are running, painting rocks, flying, reading, and eating. I follow a vegan lifestyle and am employed by the federal government. I write about a variety of topics and consider this a “life” blog – a place I can share anything that’s on my mind. Please visit the “About” page to get a better idea of who I am! 🙂