by myfauxfarm | Feb 5, 2018 | Gardening in Small Spaces, Horse Management on Small Property, Oddities & Wild Animals
We have a strange phenomenon. One morning, I saw something out of the corner of my eye and turned to see a strange-looking squirrel on my back deck. I had never seen anything like it. Immediately, I thought it was albino due to the light color. I grabbed my...
by myfauxfarm | Jan 28, 2018 | Gardening in Small Spaces, Vegetable Garden
Vegetable Garden Planning for 2018 Time for garden planning! It has been a little bit warmer the past few days and I am itching to move my compost from the bins behind the barn to my garden beds. Last year, the garden was amazing with simply using composted horse...
by myfauxfarm | Jan 11, 2018 | Flower Garden Landscaping, Gardening in Small Spaces
Flower Garden I’m buried again under emails, messages, editing, and delivering some products. When my tasks bottleneck like this, I find the best thing I can do is take a few photographs as inspiration and then get to work on the mountain in front of...
by myfauxfarm | Jan 11, 2018 | Backyard Chicken Keeping, Gardening in Small Spaces
Backyard Chickens Again Life has a funny way of changing or “circling back”….. When I was growing up, gardening was a normal part of life. My father had a huge garden sitting in the middle of an acre in the suburbs of Baltimore County. I remember...
by myfauxfarm | Jan 11, 2018 | Backyard Chicken Keeping, Gardening in Small Spaces, Vegetable Garden
Gardening in Raised Beds Gardening — If you just got here, don’t forget to read part one – backyard chickens – revisited. As I mentioned, I re-purposed wood from an old deck into raised bed gardens for gardening in our chicken run and then...
by myfauxfarm | Jan 11, 2018 | DIY House Projects, Flower Garden Landscaping, Gardening in Small Spaces, Weekend DIY Projects
Building a Garden Obelisk I’ve always liked garden obelisks. I purchased a metal one a few years ago and loved it – in fact, this is the one I purchased. It was perfect for my clematis near the front porch – a nice focal point to the entryway....