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It’s 8:14 and the sky has only just shaded a dusky purple. I’m so glad it’s spring!<\/p>\n

This winter was particularly dreary because I spent the entirety studying and taking my architecture registration exams. Darkness and endless pages of notes to read, that dragging unending exhaustion. So this spring is particularly special, I’m filled with the energy that only comes after being tied to a desk for the last four months. There is just so much time to enjoy life!<\/p>\n

So I funneled all those bouncing beans of energy into a project I had been dreaming of through dark winter evenings. Raised garden beds to capture the sun that brushes a fingernail of light across the back of our south facing garden in winter. Ever the demanding apprentice, I kept a fire lit under Dylan to ensure a Cup Day<\/a> planting of tomatoes. He did such an excellent job mainly using hand tools, what a champ! It’s so fun to see how the garden has transformed.Next post, filling the wicking beds…<\/p>\n

Bare fences begging for edible vines + green starting to invade the concrete pavers. Hanging baskets, strawbale raised garden + seat positioned to capture that sliver of sun.<\/h4>\n
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2014 our garden when we moved<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Winter 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Charlie given a boost in 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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fences down<\/h2>\n

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Taking the fence down was another step towards creating our little patch of resilient retrosurburbia<\/a> and doubling it! The fence divided our house and my parents and with it gone we have brought light into their garden and a mini “bushland” aspect into ours.<\/p>\n

Charlie was particularly pleased with the extra pats!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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