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Give Me A Break!

On April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 By Chelle B. - The Empty Nest HomesteaderIn Gardening3 Comments

As the song goes, "Any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me..." but it does matter. To me, at least. Which is why we planted a windbreak along the back fence! We decided to go with fast growing hybrid willows, which I talked about a little in my last post, but I thought …

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The Calm After The Storm

On April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 By Chelle B. - The Empty Nest HomesteaderIn Gardening, Homesteading7 Comments

You wouldn't think here in Idaho we would get the best homesteading tips from a bloke in Australia, but we spent all day Saturday watching one of our favorite You Tubers, Mark from Self Sufficient Me, while the wind terrorized the valley again. As usual, we learned a ton of useful information and at the …

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Never Let A Good Sprout Go To Waste

On April 7, 2021 By Chelle B. - The Empty Nest HomesteaderIn Gardening1 Comment

I wanted to do a little experimenting with growing onions from onions this year so rather than storing them properly, I decided to see what would happen if I encouraged a few to sprout by putting them in baskets in the windowsill. Needless to say, I wasn't disappointed! One has already begun to sprout and …

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Among The Wildflowers

On April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 By Chelle B. - The Empty Nest HomesteaderIn Gardening, Our Backyard3 Comments

I love flowers of all kinds but my absolute favorite are the wildflowers. There's just something special about the way nature arranges them, especially here in the Rocky Mountains. We are just a few weeks away from peak wildflower season in Yellowstone and I can hardly wait! Honestly, couldn't you just die happy here, among …

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Sprucing Up The Coop

On April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 By Chelle B. - The Empty Nest HomesteaderIn Backyard Farming, Gardening, Homesteading3 Comments

I sincerely hope that everyone had as beautiful a holiday as we did here in SE Idaho. Believe it or not, this was the first Easter weekend for years that we didn't have bad weather. Either it's been cloudy, windy, rainy or snowing, or a combination of all of the above. Not this year, though! …

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