Category Archives: Gardening

Fermenting in Cold Houses

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 5

Our house is generally on the cool side, between 65 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit, in the fall through spring months. This can make fermenting projects such as kefir, [..]

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Yard Work 101: Wheelbarrows

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

Today, I tackled a project which direly needed doing: Getting the area around the raised beds by the house mulched. While my back ran out of juice before [..]

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A Rhubarb Bed in 2 Hours

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

Somewhere, in front of this fence, lurking behind all that grass and weeds, are two Victoria rhubarb plants. Can you make them out? Due to terrible initial planning [..]

Gardening, Planning, Planting

First Seeds In the Ground

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 4

In the garden, my largest battle every year is without a question weeds. They rule everything, relentlessly. The first year I tried to garden, I didn’t really know [..]

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It’s Seed-Starting Time, Part 1

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

Spring has arrived really, really early here in central Michigan. Temperatures have consistently been in the 60′s and 70′s for a couple of weeks, which is just… crazy. Typically, [..]

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The Mostly-Organic Compost Pile

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 2

When I began this homestead-oriented journey back in 2009, one of the first things I did was to start a compost pile… of sorts. The previous owners of [..]

Composting, Household Modifications, Sustainability ,

A Well-Intentioned Lie

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 11

So, hi. I know it’s been since spring that I wrote anything here, and for that I apologize. A few of you have left emails and comments asking [..]

Chickens, Cleaning Products, Community, Eggs, Failures, Food, Gardening, Goals, Habits, Household, Lifestyle, Local Farms, Mental Well-Being, Musing, Personal Responsibility, Planning, Stress, Sustainability, Toxins, Vegetarian , , ,

Quite Possibly the Most Productive 1/10 Acre – EVER.

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 2

Dear Food-Conscious People – My friend Aaron posted this link to Facebook last night, and it blew me the heck away. Seriously. Before I present the video, a [..]

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A Pendulum, C’est Moi

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 3

Finding The Happy Medium for me has never been an easy thing. Last year, there was much unused space in the garden, because I planted everything Terribly Close [..]

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From Winter to Summer in One Week Flat

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

Those of you who live in places that typically have four seasons might remember, perhaps with fondness, how “spring” used to be a proper season. It often came [..]

Gardening, Planning, Planting, Tools