Summer’s Over-Already?!

Hey wait a minute, I thought summer was just getting going? Don’t we still have another month or two? It’s September I know, but my garden is still wanting more sun. Last week we had a LOT of rain and wind and colder weather and I went out the other day to check on my […]

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Gardening with Kids

Here are the cutest taste testers! The kids were so cute, running around tasting all the different leaves. The lettuces, the kale, the beet and kohlrabi greens, Aidan even picked some dandelion leaves from the grass! It’s funny because if I had put all those greens on the table, they wouldn’t have eaten them, but […]

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Home grown beets

A couple nights ago we got to enjoy the first beets from our garden. Aren’t they beautiful?! This is the first time I’ve planted a real garden (something other than just potted plants), and so far I’ve been very pleased with the results. Even though we got a late start because of the weather, the […]

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Planting our Square Foot Garden

We finally did it, we got most of our garden planted, some of the boxes we will wait to plant as we go so that they wont all be ready at the same time. But we got a little of everything planted, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, basil, cilantro, cauliflower, romaine, mixed salads, orange/red beets, kohlrabi, celery, […]

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Raised Bed Gardening Podcast - Where Do I Start?

I am excited to announce my first podcast on The Joy of Homemaking!
A little history on the podcast. In the 6 years my husband and I have been married, each year I have attempted some sort of garden (in planters or buckets of some sort), all of which have failed. This year I am going […]

 
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