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Near Death Experience #442

On August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 By TheEmptyNestHomesteaderIn Homesteading, Life Stuff1 Comment

My stubbornness knows no bounds it seems, and it was particularly kicked into high gear this morning as I set out to do what I wanted to do yesterday. Which, if you remember, was to simply pick some of my lovely sunflowers to get some seeds and also a few to put in a vase …

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Woman Plans, Garden Laughs

On August 4, 2021August 4, 2021 By TheEmptyNestHomesteaderIn GardeningLeave a comment

So much for being the "purple flower lady", I thought to myself as I made my way around the corner of the front pond, passing the still blooming red lily on the way and carefully stepping over the surprise pile of dead and dying wasps. The hubby found a new colony under the siding next …

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Murdering the Murder Hornets

On June 27, 2021June 27, 2021 By TheEmptyNestHomesteaderIn Life Stuff3 Comments

Remember last year when we were all traumatized at the thought of giant murder hornets from Japan coming to kill us all? Well imagine that is your reality every single day except instead of foreign, grotesquely big ones, even the littlest flying local assassins can kill you. And not just hornets, either. Yellowjackets, wasps, bees, …

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Homestead Heat Wave

On June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 By TheEmptyNestHomesteaderIn Gardening2 Comments

Like most of the west, we are in a heat wave, and a drought, which made me thankful we had a bit of rain last night so I didn't have to break out the watering can or drag the hose around this morning. It takes a lot of water to keep up an acre, most …

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