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Struggling Garden
This has been a tough year in general for gardening. Between chickens, rabbits, squash bugs, fungi, deluges of rain followed by heat and no rain, everything has struggled. The weeds have done extremely well. I have been operating at about … Continue reading
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Tagged garden produce, organic gardening, vegetable garden
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Cleanin’ and Gleanin’
It’s time to clean up the garden, which means that suddenly the produce becomes precious again. Today I pulled up the tomato vines and took the cages out to the barn. I pulled up the watering systems and rolled the hoses … Continue reading
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Tagged baby carrots, carrots, daikon, fall harvest, pickling, vegetable garden
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CSA Experiment
Today is the last major harvest for my little CSA experiment. Last night we had our first light frost, and today was a day to dig roots, break off Brussels sprouts and cut delicate lettuces in the cold frame (whose … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, ciambotta, CSA, eggplant, fall vegetables, homesteading, stew, vegetable garden
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Prairie Chickens, Garden Chickens
The chickens got good and bonded to their pen and coop before I started leaving the door open for them during the day. The hope was that they would not wander over to the other two homes and yards on … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, organic vegetable gardening, vegetable garden
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More Spring
I went to Chicago for four days and this happened. I’m so sad I missed it– the fire to beat all fires, burning the wetlands. The green parts of the prairie were burned two weeks ago, and as you can … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard chickens, burning the prairie, burning wetlands, Central Minnesota prairie restoration, garden, prairie, prairie burn, prairie restoration, raising backyard chickens, vegetable garden
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Seed Scattering
Yesterday afternoon I walked out through a foot of crunchy snow and put my hand into the cold frame to see if the soil was perhaps thawed enough to work. It was only about 18 degrees outside, but the sun … Continue reading
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Tagged greens, growing greens, lettuce, seeds, spring planting, vegetable garden, winter garden
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