First off, I’m going to start off with a bit of a controversial topic. Often when I mention hybrid plants to the more misinformed crowd, there are always those who suddenly get up in arms, frantic that I’m about to make some horrible mistake. in which I try to kindly inform them then that hybridsContinueContinue reading “Hybrids, GMO’s and Open Pollinated”
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Grief and Seeds
It’s no secret to anyone in my circle that I’ve been grieving a lot this year. The loss of family, the loss of a homestead and everything I put my hopes for the future in. I’ve been betrayed and abused and if it weren’t for very close friends I would have been homeless. That wouldContinueContinue reading “Grief and Seeds”
Sprouts
43°, light rain, light wind Alfalfa sprouts In a small space, in winter and you want fresh home grown vegetables, raising sprouts is the way to go. It literally takes up less than half a square foot of space. I keep the sprouter in the little microwave so it doesn’t take up space elsewhere. OnceContinueContinue reading “Sprouts”
An apple tree in the woods
https://videopress.com/v/TaVokUrq?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Since it’s a rather pleasant day, warm enough to comfortably work outside and dry too, I’d thought I’d get a start on this project as I need stuff to fill my raised beds and compost anyway. It will be time to prune fruit trees and vines soon anyway.
Seeds I Really Didn’t Need
An addiction…. 50 degrees, Sunny, still air I really didn’t “need” any of these seeds (except for the sprouting seeds for the sprouter). I may need a 12-step program. I must admit seeds are a bit of an addiction for me. Oops. I’ll try to refrain from purchasing anything more.
Sun out, frost in.
That’s the way of winter here. If it’s clear, you get the cold mornings. The frosts. Not Midwest or mountain cold, but you’ll get ice on the windshield and frozen water buckets, which usually thaws by afternoon. Clouds usually moderate the winter temperature here. Which is another reason I chose this area. I’ve lived inContinueContinue reading “Sun out, frost in.”
Can I Trust This?
I’ve heard it before. “You can live here as long as you want.” Usually comes when someone realizes how useful to them I am. “Help take care of so and so” “Till death do us part” “Help to buy this land” “Help maintain this place, develop it” It’s from people I once respected and gaveContinueContinue reading “Can I Trust This?”
Get Them While You Can
Climate change, regime change, and preventable illness. I can’t tell you how many times a day I hear around this area that scientists and Doctors are fake and out to harm people. As someone who has a degree in the sciences it’s rather insulting and also false. Why would we spend our whole lives tryingContinueContinue reading “Get Them While You Can”
Leaf it to me.
Cloudy, waiting on rain and wind today. Mild temps in the 50’s. What do you do when you are a very tight budget and need to fill some garden beds? You use what is available naturally as much as possible that you can get for free. That may look different wherever you are. For instance,ContinueContinue reading “Leaf it to me.”
Just Blows You Away
This here states perfectly the idiocy of how certain people “think.” They can’t understand the concept that the atmosphere is heating due to human behavior and has been since the industrial revolution. But they believe that somehow humans are changing the weather with tech aiming weather around at a whim. Science is fake! Climate scienceContinueContinue reading “Just Blows You Away”
Climate Wary Homesteader 