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    Harvest Monday

    Happy Monday, everyone! We’re coming off an amazing weekend here (temperatures up close to 70 degrees) and according the forecast, we’re supposed to have a full week of 60 and 70 degree weather with lows above freezing!  Crazy. I opened up the hoop houses yesterday and decided it was going…

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    DIY Seed Pods-Revisited

    A couple of weeks ago I posted about the all paper seed pods I was experimenting with.  While they’ve worked out just fine, I’ve adapted my process a bit and am now using both toilet paper rolls and newspaper.  The toilet paper rolls offer just a bit more support than…

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    Propagating Mint

    Last fall, before everything died back, we trimmed some mint and put it in some water until it rooted.  Once rooted, it was put in a pot under the new grow lights.  Now that spring is upon us, I’ve been thinking about where to plant that mint when it’s time…

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    Independence days

    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…

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    Pallet Gardening – Planning

    I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what to actually plant in our new Pallet Beds since, before last Friday, they hadn’t fully existed in our imaginations, let alone in our yard 😉   Until then we thought we’d just put a fence around the new bee space…this is…

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    In a Couple of Months…

    These little cuties will be giving us…  A lot more of these!  WooHoo!!! We’ve gone through periods of egg shortages this winter, but I’m thinking/hoping that won’t be the case next year 😉