Category Archives: Gardens

Winter 2013

How time flies….  Been nearly 2 years since I took the time to write about life on the homestead. This fall, in the Food Preservation Department, the main emphasis was on berries. Hundreds of jars (I really should go count … Continue reading

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this is an attempt to have text running around these amazon boxes

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The Red Greenhouse….. Tomatoes Galore

One of the more interesting recent activities had been canning up the unexpected bounty of the new tomato house, or the Red Greenhouse. Finished in mid July, in the midst of of cold gray summer, we didn’t expect to see … Continue reading

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Another Year Older

It’s been over a year since I’ve put up anything. Why? Well… Life keeps happening…. However, I recently set my screen saver to random pictures from iPhoto and it has been so much fun seeing snippets of our life that … Continue reading

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Today at the Homestead, September 18, 08

This afternoon the sky was grey but it was still warm. Carl, who is at Dhamma Makaranda in Mexico, has been after me to take a picture of his first grapes, so he could see how big they are. So … Continue reading

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