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Reader Megan recently sent in photos of her mini farm she named Brown Acre. Meagan lives in West Virgina with her husband and children and loves to garden, play with chickens and garden. Which is pretty stinkin’ awesome if you ask me. Here is what Megan had to say about Brown Acre. My husband and Read More >>
This year my goal is to grow 2,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables. I think I can do it. With 16 raised garden beds, a greenhouse, a raspberry patch and a few more planting beds sprinkled throughout our property, I believe growing 2,000 pounds of food is an attainable goal. Even if I do Read More >>
Well I did it. This afternoon I worked outside in the pouring rain, and dug up our last bed of fall potatoes. Tomorrow is Weigh in Wednesday, and I wanted to make sure I had something other to report than Swiss chard and kale. I’ve been putting off harvesting our last bed of fall potatoes Read More >>
It’s raining like crazy today. So instead of braving the cold, and rain I decided to make a pot of hot chocolate, and stay in my pajamas and plant some basil. Planting basil at the end of October is totally new for me. I have never really tried to grow plants during the winter months before, and Read More >>
A big thank you to everyone who chimed in about my herb dilemma yesterday. After reading all your comments I decided to definitely NOT move the mint next to the greenhouse. Instead I went ahead and turned our old half oak barrel over {it had a few potato plants growing in it} and emptying some Read More >>
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