Tag: SlowstartHomestead
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Wildflowers <3
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If you’re anything like me, spring is one of your favourite times of the year purely because of the flowers. I LOVE flowers, all of them, even the Dandelions… Anyways right now on the farm there are so many different kinds of wildflowers growing and there is just something about being able to go out…
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Getting ready for bee-day – what I keep in my beekeeping kit
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My bees, unfortunately did not make it through the winter, so I’ve ordered more. This happens sometimes for beekeepers who have bees in cold climates. I only had one colony going into winter and so my odds weren’t great. We had some super-unseasonably warm weather in February this year and keepers in my area had…
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Planting your first Herb Garden
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Its Planting season! Yay but sometimes overwhelming especially if your not quite sure what too plant! So here are some ideas if you are looking to start a herb garden. Herbs are one of my favourite things to grow because they are super easy, low maintenance, and don’t take up much space which means no…
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Homesteading, where to start?
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So you want to start homesteading? I have found this can mean a lot of different things to different people which is one of the best things about it! You can start wherever with whatever you have and grow from there! Whether you are living in a high-rise apartment in the city or a townhouse…
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What’s plantain good for?
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It almost feels like cheating somehow, to harvest something I didn’t mean to grow, but I’m all for the volunteer plants. This past weekend I finished weeding the gardens, and in the process harvested a good amount of plantain – the leafy kind, that is, not the banana-like kind. I feel like it’s extra important,…