Our Garden

In August of 2008 we moved into our new house. What we didn't realize when we first went to see the house that would become our home was that it sat on an acre of land within the city of Duluth. We fell in love with the house and spent the next few months getting settled in. In 2009 we replaced our old cedar deck. Jon salvaged much of the cedar to build four 4ft. x 9ft. raised beds, a 9ft. x 2 ft. herb garden, and a large 4ft. x 4ft. three bin compost bin. In addition to this we overhauled an existing garden area to serve as an asparagus patch. Erin set to work on documenting and cleaning up the overgrown perennial and bulb flower gardens.

The previous owners had let several raspberry patches grow out of control and become weed choked. We weeded and pruned everything back and have been fertilizing and thinning to hopefully bring them back. Our gardens are a great way for us to spend time together as well as supplying us with some of our food.

Ceili has enjoyed working with us and often can be found picking through the garden and eating many of the vegetables and fruits. We will try to share with you our philosophy of gardening and eating and will share with you our successes and failures. We hope you enjoy exploring our woodland garden!