Great Neighbor!

When you’re home alone on a Sunday and you’ve just finished lunch and you pour a cup of coffee and RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT, your neighbor knocks on your door and brings a slice of the most delicious cheesecake you’ve ever had...

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Some Exciting Stuff!

After about six weeks, THIS is what old, slimy veggies and the grapes and berries that were forgotten in the back of the fridge and potato peels and avocado peels and eggshells and watermelon rinds and pineapple tops and coffee grounds (and filters!) and plant clippings and mowed grass and dried leaves and fireplace ash and shredded paper and sawdust (and a bunch of other stuff that would go in a landfill) have created.

This will top-dress all of my new plantings while another compost tumbler cooks away and another one is now ready for filling.

It’s kind of amazing, I think. (Humor me; please act like you think this is exciting, too!)

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Great Deals!

My latest garden ornament: I found the candlestick at Goodwill for $5.99. The cement cardinal is from my local garden center (less than $20, with 20%-off sale). I’m so excited!!! 🌱 🌺 ❤️

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September 8th!

My first novel for young readers (!) debuts on September 8th and is available for preorder now. 🐿 🏁 Please check out my website SherriRinker.com to learn more.

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Statue

My 19-yo pond-building assistant says, “It might be cool to get a small statue for the pond... like maybe Amphitrite, the goddess of water, or something cool like that.”

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Dozens of Doughnuts

Just purchased this DARLING book (with, probably, the cutest endpapers I’ve ever seen!) about a doughnut-baking bear. This sweet story, told in rhyme and beautifully illustrated, will win the hearts of my Little Free Library patrons!!! 🍩❤️🐻 Thank you @harveystales for the delivery! 📚😊SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES!!!

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Pond Reveal

Last Sunday, my oldest (and equally impulsive and crazy) son and I woke up with this big idea: WE NEED A POND!

After four trips to Lowes, five trips to the rock yard (and a quarter ton of stone in my minivan), one long, hot trip to Menard’s garden center (on a 90° + day to buy pond liner) and many stops at local nurseries...

Here’s the reveal!

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Construction Project - Operation POND

SO, did you ever wake up on a Sunday morning and think, “You know what we need? We need a POND!”? So then, you and your oldest son (who is equally crazy and also loves gardening and is in complete agreement that a pond is absolutely necessary because you both saw an AMAZING pond at a garden walk yesterday) get in the car, go to Lowe’s and buy a pond. But, upon returning with said pond, you both decide, “This pond is too small! We need a BIGGER pond.” So you dump the first pond in the family room and go to Menards and wait forever in the 90° heat for the forklift guy to bring down your BIGGER pond, which neither of you are 100% sure will even fit in the minivan. (It does.) Then you get home and start digging. And digging. And digging. The 19-yo does most of the digging, but neither one of you can believe HOW MUCH DIRT needs to come out. (And, BTW, you have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA how you’re going to get rid of all of it.)

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