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Garden 2017

Garden 2017

February 6, 2017 By admin Leave a Comment

As you may remember, my 2016 garden was pretty much a failure.  (You can read about it here.)  I only managed to harvest one small meal’s worth of okra.  There were a lot of factors that played into my failure, not the least of which was my own lack of attention to my garden’s needs.  But!  I do not feel… Read More

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My Gardening Failure

My Gardening Failure

December 9, 2016 By admin 1 Comment

Turns out I don’t have much of a green thumb.  All of the planning, money, work, and stress and we managed to get 3 black bean pods, 2 pinto bean pods, and 1 small serving of okra.  Jealous of my fresh food plethora, aren’t you? To be fair, I had basil but didn’t harvest it because I thought it was… Read More

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Our Veggie Garden:  Plethora and Drought

Our Veggie Garden: Plethora and Drought

August 5, 2016 By admin

Here it is August and I had really hoped to be drowning in produce.  Cooking, canning, freezing, preserving, even giving away fresh produce that we grew in our garden boxes.  Ok, I at least wanted to cook ONE meal of freshly grown foods. To date I have harvested a total of 5 bean pods:  2 black beans and 3 pinto… Read More

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Hi there! I am Karmen and this is my blog about my unlikely journey into homesteading, homeschooling, and life. Here you will find all of the wit, grit, and shit that goes down in my life on the farm and pretty much everywhere I go. Read More…

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