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I feel like I’ve been a total slacker in the gardening department lately. Seriously. But those days are behind me now because yesterday the HH picked up a truckload of potting soil for me {here’s how to make your own potting soil} and for the first time in about a month, I took some serious Read More >>
Once we decided to downsize our home, one of the most major things I was looking for was a home with a garden. Sometimes you get lucky, and find everything you want in not only a home, but a garden as well. We didn’t. Be we saw possibility. MAJOR possibility. And that was confirmed yesterday while Read More >>
I don’t know about you, but I love this time of year. The grass is green, the garden boxes are overflowing with produce and the weather for the most part is pretty stinkin’ awesome. Not too hot and not too cold. Although I haven’t been able to spend as much time in the garden this 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 >>
Every year around this time our strawberry plants go wild and throw out runners. Now, I’m not sure what YOU do with your runners… But I try to save each and every one of them. One summer I had “rescued” enough strawberry runners to supply two of my neighbors with enough strawberry plants to start Read More >>
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