Happy Monday everyone! Tool Lady taming the jungle. I escaped Homework Land just long enough to snap a couple of pictures 🙂 How do you know that your wife loves you?  When she chooses to spend the majority of her Saturday cleaning up the garden and bringing in what’s left to harvest while you work on homework for 14 hours straight!…
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The Calm After the Storm
The forecast called for rain and wind yesterday. The storm came in on Thursday night, bringing lightening & thunder at 7AM on Friday (which is rare, but not unheard of). Â It rained a little, then cleared up and circled around us for most of the day. At about 3:30, the sky started darkening and wind picked up. Â Naturally, I was…
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{this moment}
{this moment inspired by Soule Mama}  If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see.
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Winter Tomatoes – Coming Inside
Can one actually grow tomatoes inside throughout the winter? Â Well, I guess we’ll find out soon enough, ha? So far, the process has been fairly painless…the cuttings rooted well, transplanted fine and even recovered enough in the last month to put out some new growth and several little flowers! So, with the cooler evenings (and treats of frost) we brought…
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Happy Monday, everyone! Well, as I mentioned yesterday, the cold is toying with us! Â We were forecasted to hit freezing temps last weekend, but alas, nothing happened. Â I’m guessing this will be our last large harvest before bringing in all the green tomatoes in the next week or so and the potatoes that we’re hoping have matured under cover, but…
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After several weeks of temperatures dipping into the 40s at night, last night was forecasted to officially reach 32 degrees. So, upon my arrival home from a work conference yesterday (full of inspiration, exhaustion and time spent with beloved colleagues), we harvested all that was ready… We then pulled out the plastic for our two backyard hoop houses and some freeze cloth for…
