During the harvesting season of my vegetable garden, I don’t have a set meal plan. What I cook for dinner will be decided on the spot, last minute based on what can I harvest from the garden. That's why this is fun :) Gardening is a great activity for the whole family. And with food prices and inf

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Let me take you on a journey today to see how I transformed my empty grass backyard into a green heaven of vegetable garden :)

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Let me take you on a journey today to see how I transformed my empty grass backyard into a green heaven of vegetable garden :)

Let me take you on a journey today to see how I transformed my empty grass backyard into a green heaven of vegetable garden :)

Let me take you on a journey today to see how I transformed my empty grass backyard into a green heaven of vegetable garden :)

Let me take you on a journey today to see how I transformed my empty grass backyard into a green heaven of vegetable garden :)

Our cute backyard garden/tool shed from STILLA is finished and I’m sharing my tips on how to organise a compact space. Photography Mark Zeidler

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Over the weekend my husband and I decided to build a fire pit in our back yard. We have been wanting one for a couple years now and finally got to it. We were trying to figure out a design that we knew we would like and would work for the space that we had.

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FIRST, want to be part of our THIRD "Relaxshacks.com Tiny House/Building Workshop" outside Boston, MA?- well, we'll have more details, a full guest speaker roster, and more soon- email me at kidcedar at gmail dot com if you are interested, WHILE WE HAVE SPACE LEFT! We will limit this to 15-20 people to keep it intimate. There will be a group building project too, and you'll get to see about 4-5 of my mini cabins, designs, and more. Nov 2-3 is when it will take place, with a possible third day.... We already have some REALLY COOL guests lined up- you'll see.... In Vermont at "Tiny House Summer Camp" Photo by Jon Kalish- AND.... Here's a lil' list of FOUR free sets of tiny house, cabin, and/or shed plans- ones that I feel are pretty decent- well, ESPECIALLY considering the price! If anyone has any other links to free plans, let me know, or comment below, as I'd like to start a running archive of free plans (something I'd like to offer and develop down the road myself). That said, check some of these out.... 1. Lester Walker's "Living Cube"- This cabin, one of my favorite's since I was a kid, is also pretty fully hashed out in Walker's book "Tiny, Tiny Houses"- a book you've probably seen and heard me post/talk about many times- it was THE BOOK that got me addicted to tiny housing, when I received it for my tenth birthday. I linked it, and a few other very noteworthy tiny books here.... DEEK'S TOP TEN TINY HOUSING BOOKS EVER! CLICK HERE Lester's Plans from a 1972 Magazine (Popular Science)- http://books.google.ca/books?id=BQEMDqBjzHwC&lpg=PA84&ots=SmdiU1bwKB&dq=Cube%20House%20Lester%20Walker&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q=Cube%20House%20Lester%20Walker&f=true 2. POPULAR SCIENCE DOME HOME- I just LOVE the old art, and layout of the Popular Science, Family Handyman, and Family Circle plan sets of old. This one is a great example, and while I'm not overly enamored with dome homes myself, there's no denying that this is a cool little idea for a home, and that domes still do have their followers and fans. This one buds for you! http://www.popsci.com/archive-viewer?id=1T4ORu6EICkC&pg=111&query=heap+o+planning+ 3. Michael Janzen's Free Pre-fabbin' Cabin (We also have a link to some other REALLY cool cabin plan sets from Michael down in the lower RIGHT HAND column of this blog). Here's a really cool free set though...easy to build, and good lookin'. CLICK HERE: http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Tiny-Prefab-v1.pdf 4. Jamaica Cottage Shop's Free Shed Plans- EASILY convertible into a tiny vacation cabin/cottage or even a cool shed office or fort! I LOVE some of the designs from Vermont's "Jamaica Cottage Shop"- one of my favorite's being "The Writer's Haven"- so be sure to check out the rest of their offerings! You have to join their mailing list to get the plans, but the stuff that occasionally comes across in their email offerings is all really cool tiny house and shed related material. At least check out some of their models at www.JamaicaCottageShop.com Above: The Writer's Retreat- its not the one you get free plans for, but I believe the sell plans for this VERY VERY affordable. Its one of my all-time favorite tiny cabins. CLICK HERE for MORE PHOTOS OF THIS CABIN... http://relaxshacks.blogspot.com/2012/01/writers-haven-tiny-guest-housecabin.html 5. Michael Janzen's TINY FREE PALLET HOUSE- pretty self explanatory....Pallets are EVERYWHERE, so why not put them to use? http://www.tinypallethouse.com/2008/08/build-the-shipping-pallet-floor/ 6. EDGAR BLAZONA'S MD-100 Modular Shelter- We've posted it here before, but here is a link to the very thorough plans from Mr. Blazona- a really modern, simple, and fun cabin, that can be built for approximately $2000 or so by today's prices. This plan set originally debuted through Readymade Magazine. http://relaxshacks.blogspot.com/2011/09/shed-plans-for-md100-modern-shedguest.html Again, if you know of more FREE plans for cabins, sheds, of tiny houses, post them in the comments section below and I'll eventually archive them in a running list for all to see/enjoy. -Derek "Deek" Diedricksen

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The California coast sunflower is a medium size evergreen shrub with a mounding habit growing 3-4 ft. tall and 4-5 ft. (occasionally 6′) wide. Foliage is comprised of deep green leaves that contrast well with showy lemon-yellow daisy-like flowers with dark centers. Coastal encelia is a California native plant that occurs on several coastal islands […]

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I'm back from a week in Colorado and the 2019 Garden Bloggers Fling. As usual I went a little crazy with the photos (over 2,000...) so it's going to take awhile to work through them all. We saw fabulous gardens and met some really wonderful gardeners. I'm left with memories of rocks, lots of rocks. Rocks in crevice gardens, crushed rock mulch, boulders in the landscape, stacked rocks...and on and on. Plant-wise, sempervivum top my list, along with opuntia and yucca. Sure there were lots of iris, peonies, poppies and the like, but you know me, pretty flowers don't keep me entertained for long. Several years ago I wrote a story for the Oregon Association of Nurseries on crevice gardens. For that story I had the pleasure of interviewing Kenton Seth, of Grand Junction, CO, he's a leader in the design and building of crevice gardens here in the U.S.. One of the gardens we visited on the first day of the Fling, Carol and Randy Shinn’s garden, included a couple of Kenton's creations. I look forward to sharing more images from the Shinn's garden, until then I hope you enjoy this trio of vignettes. Weather Diary, June 18: Hi 73, Low 55/ Precip 0 Wednesday Vignettes are hosted by Anna at Flutter & Hum. All material © 2009-2019 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.

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