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…
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One day, hopefully later this year, we will have a pantry that is stocked full with jars and jars of food that we have canned. Oh how I swoon over pictures of pantries that have already accomplished this! In the meantime, however, I am finding pride and joy in the few items that we have canned…including (but not limited to)…
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Mulching the Dog Run
When we first moved into our house, there was nothing in the backyard but rocks. When we decided to start growing some of our own veggies, we quickly learned that Mika (our always starving Husky mix) would prefer to just eat everything herself. And when I say everything, I mean everything. So, we decided that we would have to create…
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When we first set up our grow lights, we planted a few flats of greens, sprouts, micro greens and wheat grass just to see what would happen. Well, it’s actually been really great! We’ve harvested enough for several meals (salads and greens for sandwiches) and have juiced wheat grass several times. We learned that wheat grass (like regular grass) will…
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Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day everyone! This weeks harvest includes more greens from under our grow lights, a bit of spinach from our hoop houses/wagons and a little extra bonus! Yep…you guessed it…our chickens have begun laying eggs again. I mean, really laying eggs…not the whole one every few days bit we’ve been struggling with for what feels like…
