by Kelli Donley | Jul 29, 2011 | Colorado, Flora and Fauna, Heirloom Homestead
A wee pepper from the Colorado garden. There are lots of squash blossoms, but no other fruits from this tiny garden’s labor as of yet.
by Kelli Donley | Jul 20, 2011 | Colorado, Flora and Fauna, Happy Hippie
My friends Steve and Jan live on a couple acres near Denver and have the most impressive gardens I’ve ever seen. Jan can grow just about anything, while Steve uses his carpentry skills for good. Arbors, raises beds, handmade bee hives, a pond, etc. With gorgeous...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 12, 2011 | Colorado, Flora and Fauna, Heirloom Homestead
I am not a fan of weeding. I like being outside in the garden in every other capacity. Weeding is like picking a fight with the slow, violent and mean kids in junior high — miserable, prickly, and entirely unnecessary. Alas, this new non-desert environment is...
by Kelli Donley | May 24, 2011 | Colorado, Community, Earth Mama, Flora and Fauna
When my friend BJ mentioned he wanted help “landscaping” the front yard of his new house, I did what I typically do: volunteer, come over-prepared after having enjoyed a gallon of coffee, haul him to the local garden shop with far too many ideas, and jump...
by Kelli Donley | May 23, 2011 | Colorado, Flora and Fauna, Photography
The Rebel is back in action. ~K
by Kelli Donley | May 11, 2011 | Colorado, Flora and Fauna
This post is the equivalent of all those who move to Phoenix and promptly adorn their homes with kokopellis. Nothing screams “NEWBIE!” like Native American metal imagery hung on the side of a house. (Except perhaps those who also add a lizard, rant and...
