Apr 242013
 
Square Foot Gardening

Square foot gardening is one of my long time favorite garden methods!  I love how it maximizes your space, and done right the companion planting benefits are wonderful.  Check out this great article from Mother Earth News.#blog #gardening #squarefootgardening   Reshared post from +MOTHER EARTH NEWS Anyone can grow $700 worth of food in just 100 square feet. Here's how: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/Square-Foot-Gardening-Food.aspx If more [...]

Jul 172012
 
Around The Homestead ~ Hot And Dry!!

Oh goodness, it is terribly hot outside today!  The radio is saying our heat index is 41C and it might climb higher yet.  Good news is there is a cold front coming through today and we might get some rain.  Hopefully  not the bad storms they are talking about though.  The down side, although it’s [...]

Jul 032012
 
Busy Times On The Homestead ~ Fire Wood, Gardens, Renovations

Goodness it’s been a little while since I’ve posted.  It’s amazing how the time can just fly by isn’t it?  We’ve been very busy with renovations, decluttering and of course the gardens! The back room that was originally a summer kitchen, we started renovating  a few years ago.  We had planned to turn it back [...]

Jun 022012
 
Garden Photos

Until yesterday we had been in drought conditions on the homestead.  Last year was a drought year, then with little snow cover we came into spring with so little rain.  Thankfully the rain clouds came in very early on Friday and it has just cleared up a few hours ago.  I’m expecting lots of growth [...]

May 262012
 
Make An Easy Garden Weeder, Mini Hoe

Beating the weeds is always a challenge for gardeners.  I watched a video by Imstillworkin a little while ago and she showed how she weeded her garden.  One of the tools she showed in her video was a mini hoe made using a dandelion digger.  She bent the end on an angle, and it works [...]

May 172012
 
We Missed The Frost & Garden Photos

Well last night the temperatures dropped down to about 2C.  Hubby picked up some more floating row cover/frost blanket and we finished covering everything up.  Thankfully we did not have any frost, but I’m glad to have the plants protected anyway.  Tonight is only suppose to go down to 6C and after that it looks [...]

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