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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRACh5BMgFW6Ga0L47hU7sCLx6SyPlGvvCjaUpWcrE7T1xVfKwMr6Ag3zapoBTK94-5XoLPSA2zz65k5WxMBoSPwBzEXOW8f6Q8lAKTpa6jp8G0WRsOoVsDO9bZ_cSkjVewkhyphenhyphenRL4TTPc/s1600/logo_spring.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460382065525062498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRACh5BMgFW6Ga0L47hU7sCLx6SyPlGvvCjaUpWcrE7T1xVfKwMr6Ag3zapoBTK94-5XoLPSA2zz65k5WxMBoSPwBzEXOW8f6Q8lAKTpa6jp8G0WRsOoVsDO9bZ_cSkjVewkhyphenhyphenRL4TTPc/s400/logo_spring.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 156px;" /></a><br /><div>As a reward to myself after our weekend of yard work, I headed out to <a href="http://www.redcedargardens.com/">Red Cedar Country Gardens in Stillwell, Ks.</a> to use a gift certificate from my birthday (thanks to Mike's parents!) that was burning a hole in my pocket.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdLujRrc-tIn75KuofxWm0LKlkVGaxXV7X0ie2Apy1OT9fnXHrn59d5gDsOpz8mTVDNm1B_6r3gb8RmbAhWrzym9kQfCdLY9NlWGj3xYN3wv6YNL7UjMcHh0zC6w7XSn8o7KgWygmgnk/s1600/IMG_0754.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460380620784036354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdLujRrc-tIn75KuofxWm0LKlkVGaxXV7X0ie2Apy1OT9fnXHrn59d5gDsOpz8mTVDNm1B_6r3gb8RmbAhWrzym9kQfCdLY9NlWGj3xYN3wv6YNL7UjMcHh0zC6w7XSn8o7KgWygmgnk/s400/IMG_0754.JPG" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It was AMAZING. Red Cedar is a serene wooded area filled with every variety of local flowers and plants. </div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDM0MIRX7P1BKNryvESH2EPk_n_-jvvOyzBcNnkMTD-qpy-9PEnss_ushdGsdgUnWNoB6igHVPBoKLVqvsGkVWWjsCF_t8L5J0sU5Ga1yKr0KzPj2_ZDGmefxHzHGeEgApbczbxOsWA68/s1600/IMG_0758.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460380640516677458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDM0MIRX7P1BKNryvESH2EPk_n_-jvvOyzBcNnkMTD-qpy-9PEnss_ushdGsdgUnWNoB6igHVPBoKLVqvsGkVWWjsCF_t8L5J0sU5Ga1yKr0KzPj2_ZDGmefxHzHGeEgApbczbxOsWA68/s400/IMG_0758.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" /></a><br /></div><div>Organic herbs - I loaded up on French Grey Lavender.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxHAoxbAIBmy5aLrhn_qGuEgMBE_q8nkOmQ8HSiVmLq9Y_rBqo_YpbKkA8pX4Xwmwm1G4w3Flkuru0CawID6_aaeBJvNegW2qSPmODzyhV3qzAtGo2LZGFE9Huh2gdtP00gmlzbmB5sE/s1600/IMG_0755.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460380632518317746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxHAoxbAIBmy5aLrhn_qGuEgMBE_q8nkOmQ8HSiVmLq9Y_rBqo_YpbKkA8pX4Xwmwm1G4w3Flkuru0CawID6_aaeBJvNegW2qSPmODzyhV3qzAtGo2LZGFE9Huh2gdtP00gmlzbmB5sE/s400/IMG_0755.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /></div><div>Look at this Powder Blue Hosta! I'm going to campaign to change the name to Bliss List Blue... It is a "Large" variety, which means it will be 2 ft high and 5 ft wide. What?! Can't wait to get some of these.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMNOGCehfcOWHzhgs7itZsrkaq6qc3OUkxTbQHsV5UsGKBqOSB4WfOMduTq2qR4HDDvGEEI0dugViY5gCpFRcMrwTB-MXxXXhYM2mYASWyFgYcS2kWy0Ekai64YihSoZeDMHqQCPCpWM/s1600/IMG_0750.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460380613350617698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMNOGCehfcOWHzhgs7itZsrkaq6qc3OUkxTbQHsV5UsGKBqOSB4WfOMduTq2qR4HDDvGEEI0dugViY5gCpFRcMrwTB-MXxXXhYM2mYASWyFgYcS2kWy0Ekai64YihSoZeDMHqQCPCpWM/s400/IMG_0750.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a>I love the planter boxes nestled among these big old trees - so natural feeling. And then I went inside...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNurzXVFKEHuLfPwxmlX5OI508JGKn_vG0zFdv-ftzl0L3REPy4PKuOKeYuT7a4ywVnrXzYXpLhNmdMayF5YsQjADfVPEb8V1IxV8wSBw-Gpde88MOyyGZkuBuoynvlWt0dFBhEJi7wXw/s1600/IMG_0762.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460381417684310658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNurzXVFKEHuLfPwxmlX5OI508JGKn_vG0zFdv-ftzl0L3REPy4PKuOKeYuT7a4ywVnrXzYXpLhNmdMayF5YsQjADfVPEb8V1IxV8wSBw-Gpde88MOyyGZkuBuoynvlWt0dFBhEJi7wXw/s400/IMG_0762.JPG" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><br /></div><div>Who would have thought I would stumble onto an amazing display of beautiful pottery in rural Kansas? What a pleasant surprise. I love the colors.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDk9vPLtbVuYmCvt1DHuKmpLqGb6ODtiBWx2rAEpDxiNvwoaWL-jpc6RgGcGmmcAy9cbQwqWVeLgl5CiCP4impHKS6Q-_YGvbbmoEcEn6jcVnq4BfW-cBrfxMlAXqxmMwOkfcJANpFwps/s1600/IMG_0761.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460381415905820018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDk9vPLtbVuYmCvt1DHuKmpLqGb6ODtiBWx2rAEpDxiNvwoaWL-jpc6RgGcGmmcAy9cbQwqWVeLgl5CiCP4impHKS6Q-_YGvbbmoEcEn6jcVnq4BfW-cBrfxMlAXqxmMwOkfcJANpFwps/s400/IMG_0761.JPG" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><br /></div><div>Great colors of soft peach and green. </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirf7UErYQlqVH5NlmmB9MT5SJXNI2rED5lAsnFeO-8G1QGb8joRktt3tP2Mpgt4MLVRC5eX69WAL7Yqv6oGWqZ_P7309Pid44FwFLUlPnJD8B7nnRoDs3SArKgssAjm_1EX883DII0DbA/s1600/IMG_0760.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460381406724068002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirf7UErYQlqVH5NlmmB9MT5SJXNI2rED5lAsnFeO-8G1QGb8joRktt3tP2Mpgt4MLVRC5eX69WAL7Yqv6oGWqZ_P7309Pid44FwFLUlPnJD8B7nnRoDs3SArKgssAjm_1EX883DII0DbA/s400/IMG_0760.JPG" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><br /></div><div>Beautiful displays.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460381428603435842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgscT_cDFFZRHLGSUMlOhQZciDmvJ6TnP-uRNoWmNNOvwy9Cxdkh0a7HkqOJHY8FpFwQ02AOVb49WDY9bcAHu_z_9uv8eaaTunnSINHeKQ_vNFoRC208Y2xSVvLF8m29a7SLLhMvK-QY/s400/IMG_0763.JPG" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div><br /></div><div>I love the Napa Home & Garden collection. They also feature the year 2010 on the pot - I love that, too!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZmtWOtWLVuglE6t5B7Cu2uYXHUjGylFYYq10xJ4VXG__xQvHvnBDf-EL6Kk59aH7w6UWoDVHkV3lTf_qPxNmrygAzYyK_dSSW6wBLBImKWZuZfhNjTojf4QPbfwK2adpPxw-_6BjjUA/s1600/IMG_0787.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460382550037793042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZmtWOtWLVuglE6t5B7Cu2uYXHUjGylFYYq10xJ4VXG__xQvHvnBDf-EL6Kk59aH7w6UWoDVHkV3lTf_qPxNmrygAzYyK_dSSW6wBLBImKWZuZfhNjTojf4QPbfwK2adpPxw-_6BjjUA/s400/IMG_0787.JPG" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>These are the pots I came home with... they are waiting in my Living Room for the French Lavender to mature.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdLujRrc-tIn75KuofxWm0LKlkVGaxXV7X0ie2Apy1OT9fnXHrn59d5gDsOpz8mTVDNm1B_6r3gb8RmbAhWrzym9kQfCdLY9NlWGj3xYN3wv6YNL7UjMcHh0zC6w7XSn8o7KgWygmgnk/s1600/IMG_0754.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div></div></div>

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOgNHNIW5MFfaAffvxjaXGkpUs3M4kUJ8e1UUi-bVtdhZ4I6FfBPb8dFztPwERGhwO6nJ_ufNMPeldbAibggAmxSFNaGjNG3zg5806LnS9tYX4uF3HocDCf8Chyphenhyphen8E2vLzgwj_3hPGht0/s1600/IMG_0742.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460372589067674130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOgNHNIW5MFfaAffvxjaXGkpUs3M4kUJ8e1UUi-bVtdhZ4I6FfBPb8dFztPwERGhwO6nJ_ufNMPeldbAibggAmxSFNaGjNG3zg5806LnS9tYX4uF3HocDCf8Chyphenhyphen8E2vLzgwj_3hPGht0/s400/IMG_0742.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a>Mr. Darcy and I have been hard at work this week... oh ya, Mike helps, too - a lot! We've spent the better part of last weekend and this week tilling, sowing, mulching, raking, loading, and spreading.<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGJnZlwOqUSyIUnWrwD2Zf405k22yRIr-fM1Pw4SPO4eU4jfXrXAd3iLxTozz5tJomIXywX79HvZ-p6QB8TgZo0F9lFh_oTIycf82DY8ME3FcIaPYoTeI1Gp9N9hkIoF2bz4YGId3y14/s1600/IMG_0740.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460372581007422994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGJnZlwOqUSyIUnWrwD2Zf405k22yRIr-fM1Pw4SPO4eU4jfXrXAd3iLxTozz5tJomIXywX79HvZ-p6QB8TgZo0F9lFh_oTIycf82DY8ME3FcIaPYoTeI1Gp9N9hkIoF2bz4YGId3y14/s400/IMG_0740.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /></div><div>This is the south side of our house... or as we like to call it, The Dessert. Nothing seems to want to grow in this ultra shaded dead-land. We brought in 5 cubic yards (translation : an entire dump-truck full) of enriched topsoil... We're crossing our fingers that we'll have grass soon.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7phZUBWckWI3lCDn7bJm69LO8oLC8cQr1l3xpuIkN84OsVvp6x11w8KUtaPlPyK7WVy5CdNDIXZWth6xMM6xh190OGoUTNcwCY37H-uwVkbEA_YtnUA1m7Msb71At8Y2pI55U20TCZM/s1600/IMG_0738.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460372572595087634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7phZUBWckWI3lCDn7bJm69LO8oLC8cQr1l3xpuIkN84OsVvp6x11w8KUtaPlPyK7WVy5CdNDIXZWth6xMM6xh190OGoUTNcwCY37H-uwVkbEA_YtnUA1m7Msb71At8Y2pI55U20TCZM/s400/IMG_0738.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /></div><div>We also tilled the area near the curb under these amazingly giant old trees. Our consultants have told us that the trees are sucking the nutrients out of the soil, making it very difficult for grass to grow... but we're trying!</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-rHtJ11T0w6xpTSeEuFRW1EPHqLT_Cr9Xj-2DEuVka5dxf9nx_74xMcvgakfA28Y716qfU8AaqrTG8sKArADSDdPQChXk2BALL1MghJlAlExP5q21hvUwtvtjrDP3moMyzua8YX0rF4/s1600/IMG_0737.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460372561172094082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-rHtJ11T0w6xpTSeEuFRW1EPHqLT_Cr9Xj-2DEuVka5dxf9nx_74xMcvgakfA28Y716qfU8AaqrTG8sKArADSDdPQChXk2BALL1MghJlAlExP5q21hvUwtvtjrDP3moMyzua8YX0rF4/s400/IMG_0737.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /></div><div>Mudslide.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUUFzZaU5L74NraXHoaWai8BRj7k1TCbuJIFC2xbKqQlXTUHQgB0Mu1VakOL9yj4zVQ9spDoYdtNCxqdYzfR8DzNzh_xuBJq9GH50IB6xCG5MczeydzyaheBk_4XQmlH4y-z6BLenQnY/s1600/IMG_0736.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460372554662469202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUUFzZaU5L74NraXHoaWai8BRj7k1TCbuJIFC2xbKqQlXTUHQgB0Mu1VakOL9yj4zVQ9spDoYdtNCxqdYzfR8DzNzh_xuBJq9GH50IB6xCG5MczeydzyaheBk_4XQmlH4y-z6BLenQnY/s400/IMG_0736.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /></div><div>Keep your fingers crossed... grass in T-5 days!</div><div><br /></div>

Home | The Yard... Oh, the Yard | Getting Grass to Grow

Mr. Darcy and I have been hard at work this week... oh ya, Mike helps, too - a lot! We've spent the better part of last weekend and th...

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