If our fruit trees don’t suffer a hard freeze for the next month and a half, this just might be our first year of real fruit harvests (you know, real as in more than 8 or 10 apples)! Oh, my fingers are crossed and I am so hopeful, but with the warm winter we’ve had everything is blooming way too…
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Happy Friday, everyone!!! Man, has this week felt crazy to anyone else? Not sure what’s going on, but it’s been a little batty around here. Well, thank goodness for Fridays and warm weather…I could really use some meditative time in the yard… 🙂 Plant something (under grow lights)…I’m kind of out of control: Loofah Eggplant Italian Heirloom Tomatoes Yellow Taxi…
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Happy Independence Days everyone! With the weather still acting…well…not very winter-like, I spent a little time last weekend watering our fruit trees. The terrifying thing is that they’re already trying to bud out. Why is this terrifying? Well, because we still have a good three months of freezing and possible frosts to look forward to. Anyhow…In preparation for the warmer…
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Happy Independence days everyone! Here are this weeks accomplishments… Plant something: 1 flat of greens (Sassy Salad, Micro Greens & Spinach) Yellow Taxi Tomatoes Cherokee Purple Tomatoes Roma Tomatoes Brandywine Tomatoes I’ve got visions of tomatoes dancing in my head… Harvest something: 1 oz mixed greens 15 eggs Preserve something: I’m wondering if I can count the seeds I have…
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Here’s my very first Independence Days post! I’ve found that I’ve struggled a bit with what should actually be written here for a couple of reasons. 1) There are things we have gotten in the habit of doing and now we just do them without really thinking about it. This is a good thing, no doubt, and interesting to reflect on. 2)…
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Happy Monday everyone! I’ve been checking on (and watering) our hoop houses/wagons about once a week. Their growth is slow and not very exciting, so I don’t usually bother during the week, just on the weekends. The short days are also a factor and I don’t ever want to let the heat out of them in the evenings. After checking…
