When Dan and I first started talking about gardening with Little Miss, we talked about all the things we were going to teach her. We were going to show her where her food comes from. We were gonna instill a love of nature and plants. Dan and I would teach her the value of hard […]
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Gardening in Colorado Spring 2018
It’s been a busy few weeks. I’m sure y’all have been wondering what I’ve been up to. Truth of the matter is, I spent 3/4 of last week sick, which put a bit of a damper on the gardening plans. We’ve made up for it this week in a big way though! It’s been a […]
10 Tips For Planning Your First Garden
We’re moving our garden. . . again. Since we purchased our home, this will be the 3rd time we’ve moved it. It’s not like we enjoy moving the darn thing around, it’s just that someone has poor planning skills. We probably should have moved it last fall. You know, when normal people move their garden. […]
Starting Seeds With a Toddler
This is an exciting year in our garden! It will be our first serious attempt at gardening since Little Miss was born. I know that she’ll be too young to remember much but I truly feel that getting ’em started young is the key to instilling a life long love of gardening and homegrown food. […]
7 Spring Chores on the Homestead
It’s been an odd year. The winter weather that we were supposed to get in January and February never came. Now it’s March, and I’ve yet to see a storm that leaves any decent amount a precipitation. We welcomed in March with a HUGE windstorm (seriously – I think all the beautiful topsoil in my […]
5 Reasons I Don’t Heat my Chicken Coop
To heat or not to heat. That is the question. Okay so maybe it’s not THE question, but it’s one of many that you may have when it comes to chicken raising. I bought our own first 6 chickens over 5 years ago now and in that time I’ve read a lot of conflicting information […]