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Gardening and growing fruits and vegetables

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Growing fruits and vegetables on the homestead

growing cabbage in an organic garden in Montana

Growth Explosion in the Garden

This last week, we had a growth explosion in the garden! It is hard to believe that just about a month ago I wrote about …

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First homegrown strawberry harvest of the season on the summer solstice

Summer Solstice in the Garden

It is hard to believe that today is the summer Solstice already! The summer solstice is actually the anniversary of when …

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How to Get Rid of Cutworms in the Garden. How to identify them and 5 ways to organically deal with them.

How to Get Rid of Cutworms in the Garden

When this gardening season started, I never imagined I'd be doing research on identifying cutworms and how to get rid of …

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Death in the Garden and the Woes of Gardening in a Drought

Death in the Garden: The Woes of Gardening in a Drought

I had a rather sad, depressing week. There has been death in the garden plot this week. After nurturing my seedlings in …

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How to Grow Seedlings in a Greenhouse

Growing Seedlings in a Greenhouse

This is the first year I've had a decent sized greenhouse and have grown quite a few hearty seedlings to plant out in …

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Deciding how much to plant in a garden to feed your family

Deciding What to Plant in a Garden

Figuring out exactly what to plant in a garden to feed your family can be a daunting task! There are so many vegetables …

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Gardening With Toddlers - tips on how to teach your toddler how to garden AND actually get some gardening done!

Gardening With Toddlers

Gardening with toddlers. Is it impossible? No. Is it easy? No. Is it worth it? Yes! How else can you raise the next …

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Planting garlic in Montana in the spring or fall

Planting Garlic

If you use as much garlic in your cooking as we do, then planting garlic in your vegetable garden is a must! I was …

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Saving Heirloom Seeds

Saving Heirloom Seeds

Saving heirloom seeds is a new obsession for me. Instead of buying new packets of seeds each year, my goal is to be able …

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Green Thumb Thursday weekly blog hop link up

Late Winter Flooding and Green Thumb Thursday 3-6-2014

I was hoping to share about our plans to buy a new greenhouse this week but those plans have been put on hold for …

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Green Thumb Thursday weekly blog hop link up

Green Thumb Thursday

Welcome to another edition of Green Thumb Thursday, our weekly gardening themed blog hop!  The co-hosts of …

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Green Thumb Thursday weekly blog hop link up

Ashes in the Garden & Green Thumb Thursday

The only source of heat in our house is our wood stove. This means we burn a lot of wood and produce a lot of ashes …

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