We had high hopes for the garden this winter. To say that we failed miserably would also be fair. I guess if you consider the knowledge gained, it's not a total failure, but this winter has been rough. In my 30 years of life I've never seen snow here like we got this year. Plus it stayed for 3-4 days. And then the whole 1 inch of snow that melted and turned to icemag[...]
So there's a lot happening around here. Chickens seem to being going through a small molt. Not fun because that means less eggs as they use energy to produce new feathers. We still have plenty of eggs but I don't like the ratio we're getting daily. I've increased their feed and added in some protein in forms of scrambled eggs, pumpkin, and a few other things. With some c[...]
If you think you're going to try to garden and have 100% success, stop now. Just take a minute to understand something, gardening will contain failures, death of plants, bugs, diseases, and a lot of internet searching. Seriously. We've had two summer gardens here. The first one yielded some things but turned into a weed patch when we brought home a new baby. It's tough[...]
If you're following along, this series is some lessons we've learned along the way. You can read Part One and Part Two from previous posts. Today I'm sharing about seeds. For our 2017 summer garden, we started seeds probably a little too early. We still had great success with seeds though. We just started everything indoors under grow lights. Most of our seed[...]
The post may contain affiliate links. Are you following along? You can see Part One : Getting Started and now we're moving on to Equipment. I've shared about some of my Favorite Tools but there are a few little things that can help. Some of these might seem silly but they work! Simple Tools // Search Pinterest for gardening tools and you'll find lists upon lists.[...]
If you would have told me that I'd be growing plants, raising chickens, and all these things....I would have laughed in your face. But here I am! I never thought that I'd enjoy digging in the dirt. Every single day I can't wait to get outside, lathered up in sunscreen, and play in the dirt. When we started gardening it was a nice little thing for us to go together. I seri[...]
We all know that seasons come and go and in the gardening life that means planning and preparing. So that's what's happening around here. A few weeks ago we got pumpkin seeds in the ground and they are already starting to vine! We've got some BIG ones, some variety of colors, and some miniature ones planted so hopefully we are successful. The goal....4 pumpkins to carve! O[...]