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It’s that time of year when gardeners are checking their mailboxes excitedly every single day. We’re all probably resembling Ralphy waiting for our Little Orphan Annie Decoder pins! As the catalogs come in, you’ll find us checking our seed inventories (if we’re trying to behave before ordering), and scouring over all the new things we’ve …
He would have been 69 today. Mom would be making him a German chocolate cake and topping it with the same frosting recipe and ceramic Santa that has graced his cakes (both of which are from his Grandma) since he was a child. I’d have to not talk about the fact that I had my …
Here in Utah, Fall is officially here, and Winter is just around the corner. When we saw that we’d have the upcoming weeks dipping below freezing (32°F/0°C) at night, we decided it was time to start putting the garden to bed for the season. But how do we know what to expect from one garden …
If you’re looking for an amazing place to help you keep your vegetable and ornamental gardens organized, and also have a place for inspiration on what to plant where, you NEED to get this new app from Gardenize (free version available)! I have partnered up with Gardenize to bring you the play by play of …
Last week, I talked a bit about how we’re amending our clay soil using compost. I wish I made as much compost myself as I need every year – and I’m envious of Charles Dowding’s amazing compost output. But that just isn’t what we can do right now, and that’s ok! When you can’t make …
Are weeds driving you nuts? You’re not alone. That was the entire reasoning of us covering all our garden beds with heavy pit-liner and planting in cut-out holes for about 6 years. We were DONE fighting them. We had a very persistent weed that had appeared through our irrigation water and took over our beds. …
I wasn’t usually a bake-bread-from-home Mom, unless it was the Fall and I was feeling especially homemaker’y, but baking it weekly came out of necessity when the craziness happened with the grocery stores in 2020. While I love my Grandma’s recipe it is a little dense, and I wanted a lighter sandwich bread for everyday …
If you’re concerned about GMO’s like many people are lately, I can understand why you’re drawn to those seed packets that are proudly toting the “NON-GMO” tags listed on their packages. But what you should know, is that any seed you’re buying from online seed companies or in a store will be non-GMO. In part, …
When you lose someone unexpectedly and don’t get to say goodbye, something breaks inside of you. I’m not sure what it is. Your mind doesn’t work correctly for quite a while. You wake up even weeks afterward in the middle of the night and have thoughts like “maybe the doctors could try _____________?”, or you …
Physically, The Homestead is the land where we plant the garden, and also the land where we grow our hay crop every year. The garden and home where we plant the garden each year we call “Grams” because it belonged to our loving Grandparents-which we we’re lucky to have with us until well into our …
