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Garlic Sprouts!

Garlic Sprouts!

Look what starting peeking... WooHoo!!!  We're growing three brand new (to us) varieties of garlic this year, so I'm very curious to see how they do.I guess the peeking means that spring really is just around the corner!  Which is a really, really good thing, because (as I've said before) I am itching to get my hands and some seeds…
March 18, 2013
2013 Seeds & Plans

2013 Seeds & Plans

To be completely honest, buying seeds each spring is both exciting and a little stressful.  I struggle every single year with what exactly to put in the garden and how it will all fit.  At the height of summer, I tend to find myself feeling incredibly proud and excited by all that grows in our tiny space, but now?  Now…
March 12, 2013
Seed Starting

Seed Starting

Even though it's only the beginning of March, I still feel a bit behind the curve in my seed starting because last year began so early.  We still have at least 10 weeks until our official last freeze date, but I've found myself in a tizzy about getting some seeds into some soil and under our grow lights!I've switched up…
March 4, 2013
Weekends Are For Resting…

Weekends Are For Resting…

...unless you have things to do.Brunch with friends...seed shopping...home brew shopping and future home brew fantasies...emergency water rotation and refilling...goat milking...sun spot & snack loving chickens...attention given to long-ago-dried-and-forgotten herbs...soap frame creating...baby blanket crocheting...goat milk soap making (our very first!)...2013 garden planning...Red Chile Chocolate Porter brewing.Thank goodness for three-day weekends!!!xoxo,M
January 21, 2013
Cold Days & Long Nights – 2013 Plans

Cold Days & Long Nights – 2013 Plans

While the days are slowly getting longer, the suns rays gracing us for just a few short extra minutes each day, we are still... obviously...smack dab in the middle of winter and all of the cold she brings with her.  Nothing is growing outside except a few (mostly) dormant greens in our lone hoop house this season and I find…
January 7, 2013
Winter Tomatoes

Winter Tomatoes

While grocery shopping last weekend I decided to treat myself to the latest Mother Earth News Wiser Living series.  Inside, I found an article about growing tomatoes throughout the winter and knew that I would just have to try it! Last year I had hoped to still have tomatoes for Thanksgiving, but that didn't happen as they all ripened up…
August 2, 2012