Chickens, mayhaps?

I eat eggs essentially daily. For years, I have wanted chickens. Everyone around here has chickens. The farm supply store has baby chicks for sale. I can’t stop thinking about chickens! I spent a good chunk of today reading about chickens and trying to design the best/cheapest chicken coop possible (I have a lot of…

Seed starting has commenced…

I was testing some seeds to see if they were still good, but my new seeds came in the mail yesterday, and this morning I decided to just roll the dice and try planting them. So exciting! Over the last few days, I’ve turned an unused closet into a “greenhouse” of sorts. And by “greenhouse”, I…

It’s garden planning season!

When I was 6 years old, my family moved to the town I lived in until college. My mom immediately got into gardening, and built huge gardens throughout the property. She grew lots of vegetables, herbs, and even flowers (many of which she would dry and keep in the house year round). She mom filled our house…