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Posted on November 8, 2020
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Last month I had an unkind message sent to me saying that I needed to stop pretending that I live this little house on the prairie life. That hurt. It didn’t really hurt because I thought that I am living a lifestyle like that.… Continue Reading “You’re right, we aren’t living on Little House on the Prairie”
Category: Crafting, Garden, Harvest, Homestead, Minimal living, UncategorizedTags: Blacksmithing, Canning, Certifiedwildlifehabitat, Chickens, crafting, Garden, Gardening, Harvest, Homestead, minimal living, Organic gardening, pollinatorgarden, raisingmonarchs, Sewing, wildlifehabitat, yardtotable
Posted on June 19, 2020
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The pollinator garden is starting to put up some beautiful blooms! Yarrow was all that bloomed here for a while! Now, more beautiful blooms are popping up! They are gorgeous! I haven’t seen too many pollinators, other than my honeybees! Hopefully I will see… Continue Reading “Flowery Friday! 6/19/20”
Posted on February 24, 2020
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This weekend we were lucky to have some beautiful weather close to the sixties! It definitely made me start getting more excited about what I’m growing this year and it has me checking out the flowers that are coming back! On Saturday I was… Continue Reading “Warm weekend, work and another plan!”
Category: Beekeeping, Composting, Homestead, monarch waystation, Wildlife habitatTags: Beekeeping, Certifiedwildlifehabitat, Doing good, foodwaste, Gardening, Homestead, minimal living, Organic gardening, pollinatorgarden, seed starting, wildlifearea, wildlifehabitat, Winter Sowing
Posted on February 4, 2020
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January felt like it had 6,500 days, but I was able to start the year off in a productive way. And, here those goals are going: 1. Get rid of more, use less and be more minimalistic– So far, we haven’t filled any trash… Continue Reading “January 2020 Goals Update”
Category: Crafting, Garden, Homestead, teacher of the year, Uncategorized, Wildlife habitatTags: Certifiedwildlifehabitat, crafts, diy, Doing good, Gardening, Homestead, minimal living, New year goal, new years goals, pollinatorgarden, Sewing, wildlifehabitat
Posted on January 3, 2020
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Hello 2020! After staying up finishing my quilt on New Year’s Eve, I am proud to say that my goals went pretty well this year! 2019 can be best described as the craziest roller coaster ride that I have ever been on. The ups… Continue Reading “2019 Goals Finale!”
Category: Beekeeping, Composting, Food waste, Garden, Harvest, Homestead, monarch waystation, teacher of the year, Wildlife habitatTags: Beekeeping, Canning, Certifiedwildlifehabitat, Compost, crafts, Doing good, Garden, Gardening, Harvest, Homestead, littlefreelibrary, minimal living, new years goals, pollinatorgarden, raisingmonarchs, wildlifearea, wildlifehabitat, yardtotable
Posted on November 12, 2019
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Hello November! Yes, it’s already day 12 of the month, but October was still beautiful! The leaves were so colorful this year! During October I visited Ocean City MD to attend a conference and then back to Baltimore for the teacher of the year… Continue Reading “October 2019 Goals”
Category: Composting, Garden, Harvest, Homestead, New year goal, teacher of the year, Uncategorized, Wildlife habitatTags: Certifiedwildlifehabitat, Compost, Doing good, Gardening, Harvest, Homestead, minimal living, New year goal, new years goals, Organic gardening, pollinatorgarden, raisingmonarchs, wildlifehabitat, yardtotable
Posted on October 5, 2019
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Goals are meant to be crushed, right?! That’s exactly what I’m trying to do as a mom, teacher and organic gardener. But, I don’t feel like I have been focused enough on these goals. So, I’m going to be working harder in October! And… Continue Reading “September 2019 Goals Update”
Category: Composting, Food waste, Garden, Harvest, Homestead, monarch waystation, New year goal, teacher of the yearTags: Certifiedwildlifehabitat, Compost, Gardening, Harvest, Homestead, littlefreelibrary, minimal living, New year goal, new years goals, Organic gardening, pollinatorgarden, raisingmonarchs, wildlifearea, wildlifehabitat, yardtotable
Posted on September 16, 2019
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Just 2 years ago I got a slightly crazy idea. I threw it by the Mr. because he’s really good at telling me when my idea is a little too much. My idea was to cover all of the grass by the garage with… Continue Reading “Yard to pollinator garden!”
Posted on September 11, 2019
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Hello all! Can you all tell that I’m an elementary teacher and August is my crazy month!? Getting a classroom ready is a ton of work!! That ‘s where I have been! And now, the goal updates: 1. Sew my first quilt– The craft… Continue Reading “August 2019 Goals Update”
Category: Beekeeping, Food waste, Garden, Harvest, Homestead, Minimal living, New year goal, teacher of the year, Wildlife habitatTags: Beekeeping, Canning, Certifiedwildlifehabitat, Chickens, Eating local, Gardening, Heirloom tomatoes, Homestead, littlefreelibrary, minimal living, New year goal, new years goals, Organic gardening, pollinatorgarden, raisingmonarchs, travel, wildlifehabitat
Posted on July 17, 2019
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The weather has been HOT!! When a rainstorm does happen, the plants grow right in front of my eyes! We had a nice harvest this morning! And, the flowers are blooming! A few of the beautiful flowers blooming! The garden is growing less weeds… Continue Reading “Wednesday walk through the garden 7/17”
Category: Garden, Harvest, Homestead, Wildlife habitatTags: Certifiedwildlifehabitat, Garden, Gardening, Harvest, Heirloom tomatoes, Homestead, Organic gardening, pollinatorgarden, wildlifearea, wildlifehabitat, yardtotable