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The other day I went out to the garden and snapped a few photos of our pumpkin patch. I’ve grown pumpkins before, but never this many. I’ve been really surprised lately at all the sugar pie pumpkins there are, and I’m going to have to figure out a way to use all the pumpkin puree once Read More >>
With the cooler temperatures lately, things are really beginning to wind down in the garden. This past week I cleaned up the garden beds by pull up about half of our tomato plants, and I decided to stop watering the pumpkin patch as well. Although I’m pretty confident I’ll be able to grow boatloads of kale, Swiss Read More >>
Since the weather has been getting a bit cooler lately I decided yesterday would be the perfect day to plant garlic bulbs. The garlic won’t be ready to harvest until next summer, but for the Pacific Northwest area, now is the perfect time to plant. If you have never planted garlic before it’s super easy. Read More >>
This morning 5 the baby chick and I headed out to the garden. We cleared an 8’x4′ raised garden bed that was filled with sagging tomato plants and replaced them with kale starts. Even though no one in the house is a major fan of kale, I need to reach my goal of growing 2,000 Read More >>
Over the weekend I had the opportunity to visit reader Sara’s garden {and do a little bartering as well}. I wonder if Sara has an extra room at her house… Because I totally want to move in and live on her mini farm. Sara has horses, chickens, a dog, a huge garden full of vegetables and a cottage Read More >>
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