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Category: Homestead

He Doesn’t Mind the Soaker Hose

He Doesn’t Mind the Soaker Hose

Posted on July 2, 2012 Posted in Garden Tagged with cats, sheet mulch, wild seeding, wildlife neighbors, worm castings

Garden update. The junk mulch is coming apart at the seams. The chickens broke in. Their wings are clipped now, but that doesn’t mean we always remember to close the garden gate. On other fronts, we’re seeing a bumper …

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Chicken Glorious

Chicken Glorious

Posted on March 18, 2012 Posted in Animals Tagged with beauty, chickens, death

Above are Henrietta’s feathers. She’s a Red-laced Wyandotte, and I didn’t realize how beautiful she was going to be until she grew up. We brought her, Maple and Harriet home in the back of our …

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Seeds Started

Seeds Started

Posted on March 17, 2012 Posted in Garden Tagged with cats, garden calendar, homemade potting soil, sheet mulch, starting seeds indoors, wildlife neighbors, worm castings

Mid-March. Time to start the tomatoes and kale. This year, we’re on top of it. The garden is up to speed, paths marked out, the soaker hose strategically buried under the sheet mulch. More importantly, …

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Junk Mulch

Junk Mulch

Posted on March 5, 2012 Posted in Garden Tagged with chickens, permaculture, sheet mulch

Thank you, Junk Mail Providers, for making this world a better place. Because of you, my garden will grow less grass and more food. By cutting down trees and mass-mailing people of whom the overwhelming …

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If my children were fairy tale characters, they'd be King Sturdy and Shortshanks. I'd be the Master Maid. As for the mister, he'd be Boots of course.

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