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Doing Mid-Summer Morning Chores

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I thought you all might like to go along with Ron and do the morning chores on this hot summer day. We have chores down to pretty good system. Ron still works a full-time job so systems are needed here on the homestead. Right now our animals are easy to care for and we are
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Carrots, Carrots, Carrots!

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Today we talk about How to harvest #carrots from the garden, the best way to store carrots and a couple of carrot recipe ideas

Water Problem in the Grow Room

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Water problems in the grow room. How we saw the problem and because it is an easy DIY fix for most homeowners we fixed the problem and now have water in the grow room.

Gardening With Less Water

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Book review of gardening with less water, low-tech, low cost techniques, use up to 90% less water in your garden.

The Story of a Seed

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This is the story of a seed. How it sprouts up to be a seedling and then into a grown plant.

The Best DIY Soil Sifter

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Our first #soil sifter. If you are tired of dealing with large particles in your soil this little #DIY soil sifter is the answer. We use it for creating a more beneficial seed starting soil. I'm sure we will use it in the #garden more this summer for a multitude of reasons. Just remember it doesn't have to be big nor expensive.

Beautiful Garden Seeds

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Garden Seeds I dream about beautiful garden seeds do you? It’s in the air, do you feel it? There is frost in the forecast and a tingle in my fingers. The garden catalogs are here and decisions are being made. Well, at least for the most part, I’m not making any decisions. Like I mentioned
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egg mobile

The First OG Egg Mobile

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We have a group of hens that lay beautiful colored eggs, from green, blue, and different colors of brown. Lately, our girls are laying more eggs then what we can eat. I’ve done a lot to store eggs such as water glassing them, I make hard boiled eggs, make egg sandwiches, the list goes on
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Canning suger

Oh Sugar! Guide to Canning Sugar

On our last grocery haul it was time for us to go stock up on the sugar. I like to have a stockpile on consumables such as flour and sugar. There are many reasons for stocking up on these kitchen necessities. One, you have the items when you need them. Two, this is a financial
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