I’ve been trying to grow a vegetable garden for a few years now and haven’t had much success. I think this might be the year I’m able to grow a decent amount of food, an amount that would impact my grocery bill. The past few years of failures haven’t been a waste, though! I’ve learned… Continue reading Spring Planting Continues…
The groundhog predicted an early spring and it looks like he was right. We’ve had temperatures in the 70’s this week and the plants in my yard are coming alive again. Tiny green shoots are popping up and the trees are starting to green up again. With the Corona virus scare, I’ve been staying home… Continue reading Spring things…
It seems that fall temperatures may finally be upon us (thank the sweet baby Jesus), so this weekend we tried to use up what’s left of our garden. The garden was not a smashing success by any means. A lot of my plants simply scorched in the intense, record breaking heat (97 degrees on October… Continue reading End of Summer Canning
This weekend we went and picked up our Compact Fertilizer Production Unit, also known as a rabbit. In my quest to turn my suburban yard into a micro homestead, a rabbit is the only form of livestock I can get because it’s technically a pet and therefore allowed by my HOA. I know a lot… Continue reading Meet Mopsy
Here is Step 1, Step 2 and Step 3 if you need to catch up! Step 4 was the most fun. We actually got to put seed in the ground. That’s really all there was to it! We found this video online about how to plant wildflower seed so that it’s distributed evenly. My daughter… Continue reading Lawn to Meadow, Step 4- Planting Seed
In my first post I shared how I have come to see my suburban yard as a blessing instead of a curse. Instead of moaning about not living on a homestead in the country, I can make do with what I have and turn my tiny piece of urban sprawl into a haven for bees,… Continue reading Suburban Lawn to Nature Preserve, Part 2
I am trying to turn part of my front lawn into a wildflower meadow that will support bees, birds and butterflies. The problem with a regular old lawn is that it is a food desert for bees; there are no flowering plants for them to eat. The yards here in Suburbia are made up of… Continue reading Lawn to Meadow Step 1
The average American household is a center of consumption, meaning it uses up resources, instead of creating anything of value. We use water to keep our lawns green, but we can’t eat our lawns; they just look pretty. We generate trash that ends up in a landfill somewhere out of sight and out of mind.… Continue reading Turning My Home into a Center of Production (Not Consumption)
I’ve said it a thousand times on this blog. I don’t like living in the suburbs. I don’t like tiny yards, too close neighbors, sterile lawns and conspicuous consumption. Unfortunately, I live in the suburbs, and there’s not a whole lot I can do about it right now. Someday, yes, I hope to live on… Continue reading Suburban Lawn to Nature Preserve- Part 1
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