My Chicago Garden

Here’s what Sierra (my oldest girl) and I did this morning. What could be better than sitting in the garden reading a magazine with your dad?

When my lawn mower died last fall I decided I was going to switch to something more “green” and use a push mower. Our front yard is rather small and a little work would do me good so I’m the perfect candidate for a push mower. I did research online and from all the [...]

Sierra created a little fairy garden for her part of the garden. I have to say it’s pretty cute. I’ve spent the last 2 days trying to convince her that fairies are real. No luck.

While she was building the fairy garden I was around on the side of the house building the grape trellis. Next [...]