Category: Self-Reliance
Posted on July 23, 2022
by RT
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Today was a bit of a lazy day. With the heat we’re having, outside projects are limited to watering the garden and taking care of the chickens. Everything else was accomplished in the blessed air conditioning. After lazing about longer than usual, I started… Continue Reading “LAZY SATURDAY”
Category: Food Storage, Self-RelianceTags: basil, broccoli, cabbage, Cauliflower, dehydrated basil, fall garden, frozen peaches, peaches, seed starting, winter garden
Posted on July 19, 2022
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We’re about halfway through the summer growing season so I thought I’d take a break from peaches and share how my gardens are doing. THREE SISTERS GARDEN OTHER GARDEN AREAS They aren’t pictured here but the herb garden, apple trees, and boysenberries are doing… Continue Reading “GARDEN TOUR”
Category: Self-RelianceTags: apple trees, boysenberries, container gardening, corn, cosmos, crookneck squash, elderberry, fig, flower garden, garden harvest, Garden Tour, green beans, Greenstalk Vertical Planter, Gypsy Peppers, Habanero peppers, harvest, herb garden, hot peppers, kabocha pumpkin, sunflowers, sweet peppers, Three Sisters Garden, tomatoes, watermelon, zucchini
Posted on July 12, 2022
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Posted on July 10, 2022
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Our weekend began with another visit to Wilding Acres Farm to pick another four quarts of blueberries. That was followed by a trip to Kalawi Farm for peaches. Yes, Peach Week is here again! I know I call it Peach Week, but it really… Continue Reading “AND SO IT BEGINS…AGAIN”
Posted on July 6, 2022
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Posted on July 4, 2022
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Caboose is no more! She died today and we buried her on Chicken Hill where our previously deceased chickens are buried. She was one of our two Cream Legbar chickens. Her BFF, the other Cream Legbar, was Pecky. Caboose was a sweet chicken and… Continue Reading “AN ADDITION TO CHICKEN HILL”
Posted on July 3, 2022
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With 4th of July approaching, watermelons are on sale. The chickens love cold watermelon on a hot day, so I purchased one this past week. I had more intentions for this watermelon than for chicken food, though. I’m dehydrating part of it. After cutting… Continue Reading “WATERMELON”
Posted on July 2, 2022
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Last weekend our friends at Wilding Acres Farm invited us to pick blueberries. Their bushes were crammed full of ripe and soon to be ripe berries. They’ve been waiting in the refrigerator for me to process them. Today, I wasn’t feeling very work-y so… Continue Reading “BLUEBERRIES”
Category: Food Storage, Self-RelianceTags: Betty Crocker, blueberries, blueberries in the freezer, blueberry muffin recipe, blueberry muffins, food preservation, freezer, frozen blueberries, homemade blueberry muffins, preserving food in the freezer, storing blueberries, Wilding Acres Farm
Posted on June 29, 2022
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This weekend I harvested my worm bin for the first time. Back in April, I got my first worm bin. It was gifted to me by a new friend who was moving to Nebraska from South Carolina and the moving company wouldn’t carry it.… Continue Reading “POOP GLORIOUS POOP”
Posted on June 26, 2022
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Are you tossing your pineapple peels and cores in the garbage like I used to do? Now is the time to stop that! While there are amazing benefits from eating the fruit of the pineapple, there are actually some great reasons for keeping and using the… Continue Reading “MORE PINEAPPLE-Y GOODNESS”
Category: Food Storage, Self-RelianceTags: feeding pineapple to chickens, grow a pineapple from a pineapple, pineapple benefits, pineapple jelly from peels, pineapple peel facial, pineapple peel tea, pineapple potpourri, pineapple scraps in the compost pile, pineapple sun tea, pineapple vinegar, pineapple water
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