Category: Gardening

What Is A Kitchen Garden?

March 21, 2024

Just what is a kitchen garden? It's a small yet beautiful garden located near the house that focuses on food…

2024 Kitchen Garden Grow List

February 22, 2024

The complete 2024 kitchen garden grow list for our zone 5a backyard garden in rural Vermont. Includes all the vegetable…

How To Create A Vegetable Garden Plan

March 30, 2023

Instructions for how to create a vegetable garden plan including sun mapping, choosing varieties, and how to get started planning…

Vegetable Garden Tour 2019

September 29, 2019

I’m in denial that sweaters and slippers are starting to come out of the closet, we haven’t swam in the…

Propagation Propaganda: Growing Grapevines From Cuttings

August 3, 2015

Before we can really get into this post I need to come clean. Set the record straight of sorts. Truth…

The Ivy The Stone The Lilac and The Grapes

July 14, 2015

We’ve been thinking a lot lately about our attack plan with the new house. Where do we start? How do…

The Back 40 At The Campbell Compound

July 7, 2015

Vermont is rejecting me. Seriously, hear me out. When I first moved here sans Colby, I came down with a…

The Shrubbery

October 10, 2013

“First you must find… another shrubbery! Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here, beside this…

Gardening For Dummies

July 9, 2013

When it comes to gardening, I really don’t know what I’m doing. It’s pretty pathetic. Hence today’s “Gardening For Dummies”…

Garden Hard 2: Raised Beds & An Updated Yard

June 9, 2013

We are WAY overdue for updating you all on the yard progress we’ve been making the last couple of months…okay…more…

Garden Hard

April 17, 2013

Occasionally, the Colb-ster has some pretty impeccable ideas for the blog. Creativity really isn’t his strong suit so when he…

Succa Please

February 7, 2013

Before I dive into today’s blog post I need to explain the title and the associated Jeanne-ism. Jeanne is one…

The Corn Squirrel

August 13, 2012

While we’re getting back onto the DIY train and working on a few projects (and picking up our uber messy,…

Firmly Planted

June 14, 2012

Bad blogger, bad blogger. Back on Sunday I update you with a rustic, hand crafted, and virtually free garden trellis…

Rustic Garden Trellis

June 10, 2012

Just about when I decided to start building the ark, the clouds parted and a yellow, glowing orb (more affectionately…

Feel Free To Climb About The Trellis

June 4, 2012

It’s safe to say that our veggie garden has officially sprung and we are happy to announce that we will,…

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Angie's Roost Campbell Family in front of home in 2021

Hi there! We're the Campbells. We traded in Maine city living for the country life in Vermont. You'll find us here fixing up a circa 1781 historic home, growing our own food, and filling this home with the memories and things that matter. Read more about us...

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