Hydrangea Hedge of my dreams, but this is a process! Follow along and see where we started, how its going and for what it will look like! While this may not look like much right here, it is going to be amazing! Let’s look on where we started before we added these gorgeous Seaside Serenade® Bar Harbor Hydrangea from Monrovia, and why we chose them for this hydrangea hedge. Privacy hedge, most would want but we are so excited for the view without! These arborvitaes have been dying and it’s the time to take them out. This is another one of my “quick” projects… if you have ever taken out trees ..read more

Fast Growing Trees – Plants delivered to your door, yes please! Fast Growing Trees has so many options let me show you what I ordered. I was so excited when these boxes arrived from Fast Growing Trees, and inside were some gorgeous plants. You will have to check out their website so you can see the wide variety they carry and don’t forget to use my coupon code DREAMING15 for 15% off. While these may not look like much right now, make sure to stick around and watch them grow. Not pictured are some lilac trees, and a lilac bush but those you will have to wait to see till next spring. I cannot ..read more

We added to our little farmstead! Indian Runner Ducks! These are the cutest little things ever, messy yes but so cute and fun! We did a lot of research and Indian Runner ducks are what we knew we wanted, we also wanted to make sure we bought only females. We ordered these from Meyer Hatchery right after Christmas but wanted specific colors, and waited till we felt like it was safe for them to ship. These little came in the mail the cutest ducks ever! We ordered 10 so they had a better chance to make it, all bundled up! As soon as we got in the post office these cute little ones were making s ..read more

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Mother’s Day Gift Ideas – A few of my favorite things and some finds I know you will love, and yes I snuck in my fave Duluth Trading Company! USE CODE : DREAM20 for 20% off at Duluth Trading Company Sharing 7 different gift ideas, and you can add your own personal touch! I love adding some farm fresh eggs, flowers, herbs, or some homemade bread! This coupon book is so fun for Mother’s Day, you can have your littles color in a black and white one and write your own notes! CLICK FOR THE MOTHER’S DAY FREE PRINTABLE I am loving these Duluth Canvas Bags, this green one is so gorgeous in person ..read more

Where to stay in Whistler? The Four Seasons Resort at Whistler is amazing, but did you know they have the Four Seasons Resort Private Residences? I will be showing you a tour of their 3 bedroom Private Residence. ** DEAL** Exclusive Four Seasons Whistler offer for family vacation homes! Whistler Luxury Vacation Rentals & Residences | Private Retreat (fourseasons.com) Book any Private Residence and receive an additional CAD 200 spa credit per night. Simply email whi.internalreservations@fourseasons.com with the booking code ‘DREAMING’ Promotion is valid for travel dates betwe ..read more

DIY Platform Deck with our favorite TimberTech, we are still working on all the not so fun but we are getting closer! Well the weatherman and mother nature threw us quite the wrench in our plans. We wanted to prepare even though everyone was saying it wont snow. We didn’t get our concrete poured in time so we decided to cover it with two insanely large tarps. Fast forward all the snow melts, and the wind and snow kept them in their spot so we should be safe right? Lets see what was next for our DIY Platform Deck. After all of this melted, this is what we ended up with : All of our hard work ..read more

DIY Deck – I wanted to share all the details of our TimberTech Deck build and here we are with Part 1! Sharing the good, bad, and everything in between. DIY Deck Build Material List Part 1: Tractor is handy Auger Shovel / Post hole digger Long Nails String Line Sonotubes aka Concrete Forms Measuring Tape Time to start this DIY Deck Build This DIY deck build is going to be amazing and I am so excited to see this garden transform even more! I will say this is James project he dreamed of and designed… I planned for more garden beds but excited to see his vision come to life! You can see what Ti ..read more

DIY Nesting Box – Go big or go home right? When we made this I was just trying to make enough boxes for the chickens we had. Fast Forward little did I know how many chickens we would have so I am glad we made this big! Now that you see the completed, let me show you how we made it along with what it looks like today! DIY Nesting Box Supplies 1/2″ plywood – 4 sheets for this size 2x4x8 – 4 1/2 inch Quarter Round Saw Horses Saw T Square Pencil Square Brad Nailer First step, is really deciding what size nesting box is best for your chickens and your space. Just remember however big you make it ..read more

Chicken Coop Bedding – Hemp is where its at! I feel like its a hot topic, and really its what works best for you. Let me share why I switched! Sand, Straw, Shavings, Pellets, Coffee Grounds, Mulch, or Hemp ? Why Hemp for the chicken coop bedding? I started with shavings and while I did love the price, and what they were like immediately. The longevity wasn’t there, the shavings were still very dusty. I like to do the deep litter method and it got very wet in the winter using shavings. Switching to Hemp it was the opposite – and guess what I found one that is great priced too! Hemp absorbs mo ..read more