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Firsts and Lasts

On September 25, 2022 By Chelle B.In Crafting, Gardening, Holidays3 Comments

Things are still quite busy here at our little homestead. We picked the last of the onions and carrots yesterday and began cleanup of those beds (whew!). Today and tomorrow we'll tackle the potatoes and corn hopefully. Not only do we have the corn patch in the back of the property but someone (a bird? …

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Cock a Doodle Do!

On September 4, 2021 By Chelle B.In Backyard Farming, Gardening, Pups2 Comments

Just before dawn this morning our young rooster decided today was the day to practice his crowing skills. It sounded more like a dying coyote but in time he'll get it, I'm sure. The sound woke the pups up, too, and they became restless so we had to get up and calm them down before …

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Harvest Time: Potatoes, Corn & Carrots

On August 28, 2021August 28, 2021 By Chelle B.In Backyard Farming, Gardening, HomesteadingLeave a comment

We knew it was time to harvest some of the corn because it's been giving us all the right signals that it's ready. Plus, we'd been eating it one or two cobs at a time all week so we had properly tested it out beforehand. Well, mostly the hubs and my sons were eating it. …

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The Final Countdown

On August 22, 2021August 22, 2021 By Chelle B.In Backyard Farming, Gardening1 Comment

We are moving into the last weeks of summer which means harvest time is just around the corner. We've been harvesting quite a bit all throughout the season but things like the pumpkins, potatoes, cucumbers and corn still have a little ways to go before they are ready. The corn is almost there, though. In …

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