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Finished with our finale day of ringing bells for the Salvation Army for the season
Just today, that is. There was a high of 13 degrees, with a breeze that made it feel like it was 0. We were outdoors, my Mom and I. At walmart. All bundled up. Amazingly, we weren't popsicles by time we were done today.… -
Seedlings update: Some Trouble!
Attack of the killer mold! Aaaaaahhh!!! So far I'm mostly keeping it under control. It's been after my miniature rose and mimosa tree. *grumbles at it* Not anything else. The wolfberry seedlings fell down and died, =o… -
Why do I do this to myself? Am I insane?
I've concluded that, yes...yes I am. Every year I volunteer to ring bells for the Salvation Army. PART of it is the meal allowance they give volunteers (the longer you work, the more you work...the more money they can g… -
Yay! No chemicals for my plants.
OK, so after some brief research, it looks like our soil just needs building back up and we shouldn't have to worry about there being any chemicals left in the earth from the last people who lived here (they used ROUNDUP… -
So, Mom's gotten some extra money from working online lately...
...and is helping me buy plants for next year! Mom bought hot peppers, regular peppers, regular tomatos, collards, eggplant and some other things. Today we got: Butternut squash Red zebra tomatos Speckled/Striped roma t… -
What made me want to micro-farm?
Well, the economy's what inspired the idea -- but I've always liked the idea of farming and living with the land. This new house on a little over an acre...kinda just happened to my family...and then... this idea was bo… -
Scatterbrain. To-do list, and just some thoughts
I'm surprised more people don't have blogs here at healthkicker. Most people who participate here seem to be xangans! Alrighty, so what have I done already?: I've more or less crunched the numbers of the space we have a…
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