Making The Cut: My Raised Bed Gardens

Raised flower beds
My mother and I recently added four raised beds to Badlands Ranch. We put them right in front of the chicken coop where our old, lackluster cutting garden had been the year before. We didn’t have much success with last years garden and are hoping this year the raised beds will not only be beautiful to look at but will supply us with an abundance of arrangement worthy flowers.Continue Reading

Let the Fairies Dance

I really wanted to take Adelaide to the magical fairy forest that I had heard about for her birthday. It was only about 15 minutes from our home in Utah and I figured it would be the perfect little girl birthday treat for my gal. However April 3rd dawned gray and drizzly this year. You know the saying “April showers bring May flowers,” unfortunately they do not bring little girls to fairy gardens on their birthdays. So instead I decided to bring the fairy garden to her. Continue Reading

Welcome!

Now that the blog has been live for almost a week I thought I would post an official Welcome! I probably should have done this when it went live, but I’m glad I didn’t. Now I not only get to officially welcome all you crafty, cooking, gardening, entertaining people, I also get to thank you for all your incredible support! I am so grateful for your wonderful comments, questions and suggestions and am of course thrilled you’re interested in what I’m excited and passionate about!Continue Reading