Category Archives: Tools

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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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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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

Mother Nature Wastes No Time

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 2

This was the dreary sight that awaited me yesterday when I at last began to try to get things readied for spring. I went around and gathered up [..]

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Big Dreams, Medium-Sized Reality

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

A little over a week ago or so, when I was planting peas (late, yes,) Mike Neir came into the garden and sat with me awhile. “Is it [..]

Gardening, Planning, Planting, Tools

Raised Beds

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

That’s quite the expanse of garden. We’re so lucky to have it, but boy is it turning out to be a lot of work. I’d romanticized the “setup” [..]

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