• DIY

    Thinning Seedlings

    So, you’ve planted some seeds, nursed them into existence and now you’re going to lop their heads off?!  Yep!!!  Alright, I know it’s hard…I actually hate this process…but it’s necessary in order to ensure that each of your plants has its best chance at producing some delicious harvests for you later this…

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    Tomato & Pepper Sprouts

    These little guys have popped up among a few of the seeds I’ve started in anticipation of warmer days… Yellow Taxi Tomatoes Green Bell Peppers Since I’ve gotten such an early start, right now I’m just putting a few seeds in pods every week or so (kind of as an…

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    Seeds & Soon-To-Be-Sprouts

    I may be getting a bit ahead of myself here, but I’m longing for spring and feeling like testing a few boundaries.  Since we have our grow lights in place, happily helping along our greens, some herbs and even a few bush beans, I figured it was worth a little…

  • Food Storage & Preservation

    Sweet, Sweet Jams

    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…

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    Harvest Monday

    Happy Monday everyone! This week brought us our very first broccoli ever, what is possibly the very last of the tomatoes, a few shallots and a little bit of kale.  The winter veggies are starting to look good in the wagons, though it’ll be a while until we’re harvesting big…

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    Harvest Monday

    Happy Monday everyone! Not much to report this week…I almost didn’t post…but then decided that any harvest is better than no harvest at all!  So…yay for 4 pounds!!!  I’m still hoping to make the 200 pound mark before the end of this year. Fingers crossed!!! All of this weeks tomatoes…

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    Harvest Monday

    Happy Monday everyone! I am definitely missing the days of mass harvests and great diversity…they seem so far away, but really, they were only a few weeks ago!  Crazy!  However, I AM grateful to be be pulling in some yumminess from the garden and am definitely looking forward to the…

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    Harvest Monday

    Happy Monday, everyone! This week featured tomatoes, tomatoes and more tomatoes (it’s a good thing we like ’em), a few potatoes and carrots (it’s a good thing we like those, too) and a tiny bit of the first fall lettuce!!! As tomatoes have been ripening in the garage, we’ve been…