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Start Seeds Indoors For Transplant

February 17, 2021 by Maggie Leave a Comment

Start seeds indoors for transplant this Spring. With minimal cost and experience, this is a great way for beginners to start a garden of their own. The kids can also get involved for a fun experience!

Planning Your Garden

There is nothing like the hope of Spring! Every Winter, just about the time that I start feeling like it will never end, my first seed catalogue arrives in the mail. I call this happy mail! It’s the first sign of hope for longer and warmer days ahead.

Sometime that evening after the kids have gone to bed, I grab my garden planner and flip through pages of notes from last year. I dream of bright cherry tomatoes that I pop in my mouth like candy, warm from the sun. As I plan and shop the catalogue, my Winter blues seem to drift away. I stay up way too late that night planning the garden and certainly buying way too many seeds.

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Ice Storm and Keeping The Kids Occupied

February 14, 2021 by Maggie Leave a Comment

There was an unexpected ice storm and keeping the kids occupied was a challenge. Thankfully I had a few tricks up my sleeve so we could multitask with monitoring the branches falling outside around our buildings and animals.

Unexpected Ice Storm On The Farmstead

Saturday mornings are full of rituals here on the farmstead. Snuggling in bed with Daddy who has been away most of the week working, homemade sourdough pancakes, and spending a lot of time outside. Weather permitting.

Living in the Southeast, weather can get pretty wild and weird in the transition months. We are either over-prepared for weather that never happens, or caught with our pants down for a good storm that rolls in. So, to our surprise, one February Saturday morning, we woke up to the glorious beauty of glazed trees outside of our window. Power outages were everywhere, but we were one of the lucky ones that still had lights on. Our town was officially shut down!

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How To Increase Egg Production In Winter

February 12, 2021 by Maggie Leave a Comment

Caring for chickens in Winter can be challenging, and I explain how to increase egg production during this harsh season. With a few preventative methods, you can keep your chickens healthy and happy, resulting in delicious eggs.

Backyard Chicken Dreams

When we bought our little 1 acre property, I immediately envisioned keeping a few chickens. I was pregnant with our first child and wanted to settle, start preparing our “nest,” and dream of our future as a family of 3 on our own small farmstead. Those dreams of chickens led to more dreams of big vegetable gardens, goats, greenhouses, and orchards. My Husband looked at me and said, “let’s learn how to be parents first.”

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