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Forever Fixing Up
Our Forever Home
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We're Zach and Kiersten. Thanks for following along as we worked to make the very 2000s home we bought in 2020 more “us.” For three years we've shared everything from quick fixes to more permanent changes, along with projects you can do in your own home. Zach shared all his lawn and garden advice as he started over on the new yard, too.
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We've officially stopped blogging, which you can read all about in our last post. Thanks for stopping by!
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A Goodbye Letter and Final Tour of All We've Accomplished
Well friends, the time has come for us to say goodbye. We just celebrated the four year anniversary of living in our forever home. It's...
Kiersten
Aug 18, 20247 min read
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Planting My Favorite Tree: The Eastern Redbud
Like we shared earlier this summer, we finally cut down the rest of our big front yard river birch tree. We hired a stump grinding...
Zach
Jul 21, 20246 min read
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My New Mulch Trick - Adding Grass Clippings Under New Mulch
If you've been reading the blog since the beginning you probably remember when I shared why I prefer having mulch in my landscape beds...
Zach
Jun 16, 20243 min read
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The Rest of the Front Yard Tree Gets Cut Down
Remember when the birch tree near our house took a hit in a storm last summer and left us with this one sad leaning section? Zach finally...
Kiersten
Apr 28, 20242 min read
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Our Top 5 Projects from This Past Year and Initial 2024 Project List
Happy new year! I don't make resolutions, but I do love a project list, so as we turn the page to a new year, it gives us a great chance...
Kiersten
Dec 31, 20233 min read
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Solar Landscape Lighting for the Backyard Patio and Plant Beds
Some of you might remember the difference it made to our front nighttime curb appeal when we lit up the front of the house and landscape...
Kiersten
Jul 16, 20233 min read
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An Update on the Front Landscaping and 3 Perennial Plants that Will Make Your Landscape Pop
Our front perennial landscape bed is really starting to pop, so thought I would show you how much it has grown in since we first planted...
Zach
Jun 18, 20234 min read
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Our Top 5 Projects from This Past Year and Initial 2023 Project List
Happy new year! I've never been one to make (or keep) resolutions but there is something about that great flip of the calendar year that...
Kiersten
Jan 1, 20234 min read
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Pool Construction Recap: Week 5
Week five was lit!! Literally. Pool lights are in! Ok bad jokes aside, we're officially swimming!! We're winding down on our...
Kiersten
Sep 25, 20225 min read
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Pool Construction Begins! Our Final Plans and Rough Schedule
It is SURREAL beyond measure that we have started construction on our backyard pool! After literal years of dreaming, saving, moving,...
Kiersten
Aug 21, 20225 min read
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How I'm Starting a Natural Privacy Fence by Planting Evergreen Trees
The mature trees we have in the yard was a huge draw to this neighborhood. When we moved in, our backyard had a few large evergreens...
Zach
May 15, 20225 min read
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Landscaping along the side of the garage
After finishing the plant bed in the front of the house and turning the downspout into a natural rock river downspout, it was time to...
Zach
Aug 8, 20213 min read
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How to Divide Perennials - Splitting Large Daylilies and Sedum Plants into Smaller Transplants
When we moved in, the front plant beds had several boxwoods that had overgrown or had died (if you didn't catch it, be sure to watch when...
Zach
May 19, 20213 min read
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Landscape Rock vs. Mulch in Plant Beds
Remember when I said I thought I could easily dig out the roots out from the old boxwood shrubs out front? (No? Read about it here.) I...
Zach
Feb 21, 20214 min read
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Clearing out the old dead trees and shrubs
After getting a close review of the landscaping during our walkthrough, I knew I would quickly want to chop down all the dead trees and...
Zach
Feb 13, 20213 min read
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