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Category Archives: Homestead
Progress On The Garden Expansion
The landscape fabric came on Friday! Bill had already chopped, mowed, and cleaned up the area to prepare it for putting fabric down. We found 3 tposts and a holiday weekend was in front of us. Thankfully the rain had … Continue reading
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Growing Corn in the Basement
My mom used to say, “Your ears are so dirty you could grow corn in them.” Telling you that I’m growing corn in our basement seems like an admission that I am a terrible housekeeper. Let’s not talk about that, … Continue reading
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Drip Irrigation Startup
One of the first things that needs to be done each spring is getting the drip irrigation systems set back up. This involves a bit of maintenance. We currently have 4 drip timers, divided up into multiple zones each.
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The Little Greenhouse That Could
My initial dream for the small greenhouse was to extend the growing season for my herbs and jump start them earlier the next year. She did just that and now she is doing so much more.
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Upgraded Ceiling Tiles
This is what the bedroom ceiling looked like before the upgrade. This is a basement bedroom. Nothing fancy, boring, typical office building cubicle style esthetics. Initially when we bought the house the wall where the picture hangs was not there … Continue reading
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Raised Beds and Garden Greenhouses
Our garden has undergone many shapes, types and sizes. We have done the tilled in the ground type. We used railroad ties and trucked in good dirt and tried that. We have fenced it in with the chickens (huge mistake). … Continue reading
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Greenhouses
My mom used to say, “The old people were always happy till the Sears catalog arrived.” For anyone who never received the Sears catalog it was like YouTube and Amazon had a baby, and it was made from paper. When … Continue reading
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Basement Bedroom Ceiling Tile Redo
This is how it started. This small fairly inexpensive little part. It seemed so innocent, so well intentioned, so needed, right before it all went horribly, horribly wrong in a spectacular manner.
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Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall
When it’s too little you have to step up your watering game. We have been adding automatic watering solutions into our gardens and it’s been wonderful. A problem that we have is getting water to areas that have no access … Continue reading
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Potato Shaker / Soil Sifter
Last year I made a sifter for sifting compost. It’s just some 2×4’s screwed together with a piece of 1/2″ hardware cloth stapled to one side. The rectangle is 35 x 27, with the two shorter sides of the rectangle … Continue reading
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