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Hello! Here in “DIY & Projects” you’ll find all our favorite projects we have completed here at our urban homestead. Simply scroll down this page to see all our DIY articles. If you are looking for a particular project, like one you may have seen on my Instagram, feel free to use the search icon above or select a subcategory from the drop down menu. Enjoy ♥

How to Prune Boysenberry Plants

How to Prune Boysenberry Plants

It's finally a beautiful, rain-free weekend in January! Therefore, it's the ideal time to prune boysenberry plants as well as roses and most fruit trees. Today I'm sharing what has worked for us as far as pruning our  thornless boysenberry plants here in Southern...

A David Austin Rose Garden

A David Austin Rose Garden

This is the first year for this David Austin rose garden here in zone 10. Back in Spring 2022, I planted this rose garden from scratch and filled it with seven, carefully selected, David Austin English roses. I’ve always been mesmerized by more cupped, heavily...

Winter Vegetable Planting in Southern California

Winter Vegetable Planting in Southern California

If the chill in the morning air is any clue, it's time for winter vegetable planting here in Southern California. Today I'd like to share how I set up the garden this year. 2022 will mark my seventh year planting a winter garden, and the tools and tips I've picked up...

A Unique DIY Tomato Trellis Design

A Unique DIY Tomato Trellis Design

Over the years I've grown a lot of tomatoes. In the process, you can imagine I've developed my own way of doing things and stumbled upon "what works for me." This year we are building a DIY tomato trellis that checks all the boxes and I can't wait to take it for a...

Get an Early Start on Dahlias With Pots

Get an Early Start on Dahlias With Pots

Sure, it's a little more work to start dahlias early, but these flowers are worth it! This little potting up technique I'm sharing today is a great way to get a head start on the season and makes sense for gardeners who are trying to use their space intensively too....

My Garage Indoor Seed Starting Setup~ 2022

My Garage Indoor Seed Starting Setup~ 2022

It has been hard to resist starting Summer seeds, but it's finally time to prepare and get going! This year, the biggest change is going to be growing seeds under grow lights for the very first time. Due to space constraints in my home, this will be a garage seed...

Shade Cloth vs Row Cover ~ A Garden Update for Fall

Shade Cloth vs Row Cover ~ A Garden Update for Fall

To set the stage: it's mid-October 2021. The weather has been all over the place. In the last few weeks it was 100 degrees, followed by sudden rainstorms (and hail!), and has recently settled into "ideal" Fall gardening temperatures with chilly mornings and day temps...

Propagating Passion Fruit To Create More Vines

Propagating Passion Fruit To Create More Vines

Some big transformations are about to happen in our backyard homestead. The passion fruit vines we have had for over four years overtook a weak trellis to the point that it is falling over---creating an unmanageable jungle---and need to be completely re-designed. To...

Meet Randi

Urban gardening is my jam. I’m Randi, California girl who obsessively gardens to grow food and flowers around my urban home. Seasonal, simple living is what inspires me~ I hope it will inspire you too. Join me in crafting a life and home connected to the garden Read More>>>>

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