Another busy day
Friday is one of the busy days around here. I have to get home from work quickly to be able to take my son to karate. This before dinner. My wife and daughter eat while we are at karate. Then …...
View ArticleWhat a difference a day makes
Well, maybe 3 days. The other day we had our first snow of the season. Prior to then, this pepper plant was lush and green. It looked like it could keep growing for a long time, but look at it …...
View ArticleAnother busy day
Like every Friday, today was pretty busy. Even though I was off work today, it was still a lot of running around. I had to take my car in for an oil change. My son had his karate class. The …...
View ArticleAnother short update
Once again, yesterday was a very busy day. Lots of running. I guess that’s what having 2 kids that do different activities in different directions at the same time does for you. So I headed south...
View ArticleHomestead YEARLY update
I was reading the Trace My Preps blog this morning and decided that I should also do a look back at what I have accomplished on the homestead over the past year. I think that my first real...
View ArticleHow I am Avoiding Pesticides on Supermarket Produce
I was listening to the latest episode of You Bet your Garden and the question of the week was about the dirty dozen. This is a list compiled each year by the Environmental Working Group. They use the...
View ArticleWhat Seeds I Ordered, Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of my explanation of what seeds I ordered for the garden this year and why I ordered them. If you haven’t already, please take a look at part 1 of the series. While I hope that this...
View ArticleHomestead Weekly Update
Welcome to this week’s homestead update. I planted my onion sets. These are the sweet onion bulbs that I bought at Walmart. Since the bag was about 125 bulbs, I had to use more than 1 bed. I filled...
View ArticleSome shots of the garden
It’s been a while since I’ve shown some pictures of the garden. So today, I’m going to do that. Here’s a shot of one of the broccoli beds. Obviously they have started to go to seed. I pulled these...
View ArticleHomestead weekly update
Welcome to this week’s homestead update. Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of pictures to share today. I had to get the grass mowed this past weekend. It was getting deep because of all the rain. I...
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