by shadesstinson | Sep 17, 2021 | Gardening, Homemaking Skills
For some time now we have been working to make the family farm more sustainable as well as more self-sufficient. If you have read any of our other posts, we are very big on being self-sufficient, sustainable, and as green as we can. In our other posts, you have seen...
by shadesstinson | May 21, 2021 | Gardening
As you know from previous talks, we are a family farm and therefore we are out in the country. As with most, if not all, places country or not, we have ants. We fight ants almost year-round. We found a great recipe for “Agent Orange” oil ant killer from a...
by shadesstinson | May 7, 2021 | Gardening
We recently found a natural way to get rid of aphids on fruit trees, veg plants, roses, or house plants. You can make your own Insecticidal soap with Fels-Naptha and water. We are using a recipe we found on Pinterest posted by another blogger. Here is the link to the...
by shadesstinson | Apr 16, 2021 | Gardening
Found this weird thing and thought we would share. We have a new way to easily clean the mango seeds after we eat them. We are always saving seeds to add to the seed vault or to plant now. We love to grow all kinds of plants Many of the fruits and veg that you eat you...
by shadesstinson | Aug 7, 2020 | Gardening
I do not know about you but we are always trying out new things. We like to try new foods and new ways to grow our own food. We have been experimenting with growing fruits and veg from seed. This process is usually fairly simple with most plants. Some plants do take a...
by shadesstinson | Jul 31, 2020 | Gardening
Do you look out and see an old, weedy, grass taken flower bed? Do you look at your neighbor’s “perfect” yard and wonder how much time and money they must spend to get it to look like that? Do you think “someday” I will have a cute flower...
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