Front Yard Farms

As an avid home gardener who among other things enjoys growing as many of the vegetables we eat as possible I can attest that my wife and I have noticed a visible decline in the number of bees we see. Several years ago we started planting a wide variety of flowering plants specifically to attract more bees to our yard so that we could attract more bees without which our vegetables wouldn’t get pollinated. Check out this excellent article about how you can be a part of the solution to help save the bees.

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One of the most effective ways each of us can help bring save bee colonies is also a wonderful way to improve your own personal environment; simply plant a variety of bee friendly

Yesterday was my first “day off “ meaning I was able to work from home and limit it to a few hours and only visit one property, since returning home from a vacation with my wife. As many of you can no doubt relate to, when you return to work after being away, it's piled up high waiting for you.

This isn't meant as a complaint, without the work I couldn't afford the vacations, and I came home to two closings, several new listings and several new buyers. Nonetheless I enjoyed having time yesterday to work outside enjoying some great Fall weather while cleaning up our gardens, pruning back some of the landscaping and helping my wife get our Fall garden planted.

Front Yard Farms is currently producing eggplant, peppers, and basil (Making and putting up

It's been an absolutely crazy year so far in terms of real estate here in the Durham, Chapel Hill/Carrboro and surrounding areas. In fact I started this on July 1 and here I am on the July 19 hoping I can get this finished and posted before heading out on afternoon appointments. After a quick update on our home gardening efforts.

If you read my Blog occasionally you already know that my wife and I love gardening and have been actively growing much of our own organic produce for the past couple of years in raised beds in our front yard which I've taken to referring to as Front Yard Farms. Here's a picture of what we harvested yesterday and honestly we gather up about this much every couple of days. Through careful staggering of plantings and the good

I can't help but be excited when I look at my garden every day. If you follow my blog you know besides being passionate about real estate, I'm also passionate about food, cooking and gardening and this is my time of year.

I've been exceptionally busy with work, averaging over a sale a week since the year started and this requires a tremendous amount of work on my part; often 7 days a week and typically 12 hours a day. I can's swear I love the pace, but as any good salesperson (or farmer) will tell you, “You make hay while the sun's shining.”

When I do finally get home and switch off I will say I it's incredibly satisfying to take some time to both work in and simply admire our landscaping and vegetable gardens. Whether from the front porch or