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Planting Tomato Starts
For the past six years we've started tomato seedlings indoors. Almost every year they die off when we plant them in the ground and we end up buying a large plant from a store. This year, we've changed...
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My Potatoes!
Last fall my husband and I read a really great article on why and how to plant potatoes in the fall.Planting Irish Potatoes Funny enough it was posted in the Utah Backyard Homesteading group, Oct 3rd,...
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Bean Trellis Project
You can see three bean walls, the fourth should be built Saturday. After they are done we will be adding trellis/lattice across the top of the four walls. The first trellis is Thai Purple Beans which...
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Brick Bandits
BRICKS! All right, so we didn't steal them and we're not bandits. I did however, beat everyone else in our township to the deal of a lifetime!(seriously at least 20 other people wanted them and one...
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Zorro's Bachelor Pad
Setting down our stones for the bunny grow out area. Close up of the rocks laid out before we put them in. We also made this bachelor pad for our male rabbit; Zorro He truly loves it! To celebrate we...
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Growing Babies
All of our babies are growing up! Our lovely pullets have grown so much! They aren't laying yet but soon! Whitey I found was a White Broiler Chicken. They are specially bred for gaining mass quickly....
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Peas!
At the top you see my Spring Peas - they are on a trellis facing full sun and growing like weeds! They are spectacular! Close up of the lovely pea flowers! The long pallet is for my Summer Peas They...
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Garden Spring Issues
Blackberries! Love that I already have a load of blackberries starting to grow! Note the pale color of the leaves with the dark veins The pale color is most likely because our soil is too alkaline....
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Using the Fence
I'm not at a full Potager Garden and very much doubt my space will ever be that tidy.However it does utilize every bit of space - like using fences. Currently we are trying to use 3 of our fences and...
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Homesteading, What, Why & How
Homesteading, Urban Homesteading & SmallholdingWhat is it exactly?What started out a various land programs across the globe changed into a terminology of a group of people who share similar...
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Free Tomatoes!
42 free all different types mostly Heirloom Tomatoes! 18 planted gently and perfectly in their own water wells on one side of the bean trellis. The last 24 I will need to go back and dig better water...
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Chinese Long Beans & Thai Purple Beans
My not yet finished bean trellis! Hubs is still working on adding the top and the trim. Next years plan will be to grow the spring peas on one side before planting summer beans on the other. Peas in...
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When It Heats Up
Its been 95 degrees here! We went from mid 70's one week to 95 the next!Next week its supposed to dip back down to the 70's!When the weather jumps up and down that quickly our animals - chickens,...
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Hilling Potatoes
Hard to see but that is a 12 inch ruler.You don't want your potato plant to grow over 12 inches, so as it grows you need to hill it. Dirt layerCompost layerEach time I hill I add lots of composted...
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Our Hen House
Our New Ladies! We finished butchering our older ladies, we cycle our ladies out every two years. That way the oldest our hens will be is 2 1/2 years old. Still young enough to be edible without being...
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Our Bit of Dirt
Our Bit of Dirt Previously I've stated that we have a very small urban homestead. Our property is roughly one quarter acre large. (small) Yet we've fit so much! The black and white version shows...
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New Growth - Plum Health
My Stanley Plums new straight leaves! You can see where something tried to take a few bites out of the newer leaves, so I've continued spraying the tree with water/soap every week or so at night....
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Tiny Egg
Itty Bitty Teeny Tiny Ray of Hope!This is a very small egg - still not sure if I'd call it a Fairy Egg,but its close, its the closest we've ever come yet to a Fairy Egg anyway.Beyond the fact that its...
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Bunny Birthday Surprise!
Our doe Stormy's 3rd kindling, born this morning. All 9 seem happy and healthy. Which has been a fantastic birthday gift for me! Stormy's 1st kindling died when she gave birth unexpectedly and her...
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Our Fermented Feed Setup
Fermenting Chicken FeedIf you've had chickens for any length of time I'm sure that at some point you've run into links about fermenting your chickens feed.The why, how and benefits will make you really...
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Two New Ladies!
The other day I received a Facebook msg from a friend I've never met in real life before!She's moving and needed to find a home for her chickens!Of course I was willing to take them in, plus it was...
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Garlic Harvest!
Russian Hardneck Garlic This is our third garlic harvest and I'm happy to say we are finally getting the hang of things. Our first year we planted two different types that we bought at a local store....
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Mid-July Fun
A few of our Blackberries! They taste so yummy! Our grapes growing up and over the archway. Grapes!!! We have tons and tons of grapes! We are hoping they are Concorde but we will find out when ripe!...
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Chicks and Update
Yesterday chicks finally arrived at our IFA! So we went to see what came in! Look who we brought home! We bought 2 Delawares - the white chicken in the photo above. 4 Rhode...
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Spring Plans
Ta-da!I know this doesn't look impressive YET.It's just the bare bones, but when we add in the glass from below... Free large windows we acquired for free last January. Those together will equal one...
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