Miscellaneous stuff
Today I’m going to talk about a couple of things. No big projects, just salad, okra seeds and pine needles. I’ll start with the salad that I cut out of the garden for dinner last night. The lettuce...
View ArticleAnother busy day
Like every Friday, today was pretty busy. Even though I was off work today, it was still a lot of running around. I had to take my car in for an oil change. My son had his karate class. The …...
View ArticleCompost and what you may find
Today I planted my potato onions, but that’s another post. But the bed I was planting into had settled a little. One of my compost bins looked like it was finished, so I decided to take care of all...
View ArticleDays are getting shorter
I really don’t like this time of year. The days seem so short. I get home at about 4 from work. I pick my daughter up from the bus. We finish making dinner and it is dark. There’s very little …...
View ArticleHomestead YEARLY update
I was reading the Trace My Preps blog this morning and decided that I should also do a look back at what I have accomplished on the homestead over the past year. I think that my first real...
View ArticleHow I am Avoiding Pesticides on Supermarket Produce
I was listening to the latest episode of You Bet your Garden and the question of the week was about the dirty dozen. This is a list compiled each year by the Environmental Working Group. They use the...
View ArticleHomestead weekly update
Welcome to this week’s update. Here’s a shot of one day’s harvest. There’s a bunch of Amish paste tomatoes in there. I’ll make them into tomato paste late in the week or over the weekend. I’m not...
View ArticleTime for Fall plantings
I took a look at the calendar and noticed that it is about 12 weeks from my area’s average first frost date. Actually, it’s probably 14 weeks since I try to err on the side of caution when it comes …...
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