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The Dream of a Seed

By - DiyGarden
Posted on September 21, 2024September 20, 2024

For those of us in Northern Hemisphere most of us are thinking of winter gardens with a dream of a seed in our heads. That is where it all begins! What can we grow with a shorter amount of daylight and with winter improaching upon us. For me that means a lot of root veggies

Beneficial Bunnies for the Garden

By - DiyGarden
Posted on September 12, 2024September 9, 2024

Most of the time when one thinks of bunnies in the garden it is more with dread then with benefit. After all, the cute little creatures might of just nibbled on your beautiful garden veggies. There is even the chance of finding cute little baby bunnies hidden under your mulch while mommy is out grazing

Benefits of a Fall Garden

By - DiyGarden
Posted on September 5, 2024September 2, 2024

Lack of Heat & Bugs in the Fall Garden The benefits of a fall garden for one is the lack of bugs and heat. In North Texas both are an extreme problem during the summer. With the hundred degree weather right now and most of my summer garden dead I am looking forward to cooler

Let’s Make Healthy Homemade Dog Food

By - DiyGarden
Posted on August 29, 2024August 29, 2024

Hey friend, do you have dogs? Yeah, me too. Actually, I’ve got three… three chihuahuas. For years I bought dog food started out with dry and then we started buying refrigerated dog food with meat and veggies. The dogs liked that food but it is expensive! That got me to wondering if I could make

Doing Mid-Summer Morning Chores

By - DiyGarden
Posted on August 22, 2024August 20, 2024

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

Carrots, Carrots, Carrots!

By - DiyGarden
Posted on May 16, 2024May 16, 2024

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

By - DiyGarden
Posted on February 28, 2024February 27, 2024

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.