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I grew up in the country. We had well water and there were times when I was younger that I would ask my grandmother for a glass of water. She would put a dish towel over the glass and pour the water through that to filter it. The water coming from the tap was mostly solid, red, sludge. The towel …
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This year we moved a lot of our raspberries, some to a row of raised beds at the lower part of what we call the berry room, and the rest of the black raspberries that were still in 22 gallon tubs to the top of the hill in the berry room. The golden and red raspberries, blackberries, loganberries, and currants were moved to the new garden area by the fruit trees. This left the blueberries where they were. This was mainly because 6 of the blueberry plants are in a raised bed. Three of them are still in the 22 gallon tubs, and we could have moved them, but decided to keep all of the blueberries together. Well, except for the 2 in the greenhouse.
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Categories: Gardening, Homestead
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We love our greenhouses. They were not expensive, they went up quick, we have been able to move them by picking them up and walking them to their new locations and they help us to extend our season and save things in the winter time. Did they save everything like I had hoped, no. None of the hardy mums made it. But we still love them. Last year when it got warm I clipped bug netting to the two doors. It worked, sort of, a white fly issue got out of control. It did keep out larger bug pests, cats, a dog, birds, and our own chickens.
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Categories: Gardening, Homestead
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