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We Are Putting Chickens in the Garden
Remember the garden post a few weeks ago when I told you our garden layout was changing? Well, this is why! We are going to put our chicken coop in the garden! I’m so excited I can hardly contain it! Have I told you guys recently that I’m in love with the garden?! Adding chickens to the garden makes it even better! It makes perfect sense for us! I want the garden to be a one-stop-shop for all the things. Adding chickens to this will further this one-stop-shop idea. I’m just a few steps away from eggs, peppers, tomatoes, onions, and a bunch of beautiful flowers. All I have to…
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Start Seeds Indoors – The Garden (Part 2)
I know it’s still frost season here in Ohio, but its time to start seeds indoors!! A few weeks ago I shared the end goal for our garden. It was fun dreaming and planning, but now it’s time to get to work! We started some of our plants indoors this year and it’s been exciting! Right now the seedlings are quite little, but don’t most things start out small and insignificant before they blossom into something beautiful? First order of business: I forgot to tell you in part 1 – the program we like to use when planning our garden is the Farmers Almanac Planner. We’ve used it for the…
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A Potager Garden in My Future – The Garden Part 1
After Christmas, my thoughts are consumed by the garden. Hands down it’s my favorite thing we do all year. It’s a family endeavor at our house. From planning, planting, picking, eating, and then cleaning up at the end of the season — we do it as a family. We’ve had a garden for a few years and I’ve noticed every year it’s different. The tomatoes did well this year and didn’t last year or the peppers did great last year but this year the bunnies ate them (Or a small child ran one over with her 4-wheeler haha). Most of the change each year is due to factors beyond our…
