A Larrapin Garden

I was thrilled to receive my birthday present a few weeks early from my sweet spouse: A New Camera!!  We went camera shopping with the thought of getting a Canon Rebel. But while at the camera store, I kept thinking how incredibly nervous I’d be, toting a $600 camera down to the garden, out to [...]

Today’s a quick and random post! I love my new giant red trug and I love all the beans I picked yesterday! This year we grew Kentucky Wonder Bush Beans and wow are they productive and delicious. We’d been Blue Lake Bush Bean fans for years, but Kentucky may have won out at Larrapin. This [...]

So if you’ve ever thought of doing a garden blog. I say go for it. It’s a great way to keep up with the changes in your own garden over time, to share fun things you discover and lessons you’ve learned. Plus, you get to meet fun people along the way! Enjoy the new delicious [...]

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We’re having beautiful weather, so of course I’m spending the weekend out DIGGING!! But I wanted to share some fun links and stories I ran across while online during the not so nice weather recently…
Pam’s visit to amazing Austin Garden Art shop: Solstice
Pam’s blog is a frequent award-winner and visiting it is like taking [...]

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It’s that time of the year when garden bloggers, going crazy from winter…or in my case ice, snow, rain and drear, post pictures of the brand new seed packets, still fresh from the mailbox,  they are secretly fondling by the woodstove while dreaming of spring…  Sigh. Yep, me too. Above are selections from Baker Creek [...]

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