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Harvest Time

Harvest Time

Maria Zannini July 8, 2019 Gardening / Homesteading8 Comments

Just an update post today. I am up to my eyeballs with harvest. The tomatoes, peppers, okra, and beans are all coming in. I’ve done a half dozen pickled banana peppers, roasted and froze the hot peppers, diced and froze the bell peppers, and made several jars of salsa. We’ve …

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Saving Water Without Stress

Saving Water Without Stress

Maria Zannini June 10, 2019 Gardening / Saving Money8 Comments

Except for two years when we went through a drought, we don’t worry too much about water. Still, I don’t like to waste it either. Water is expensive almost everywhere, except those few lucky places that get substantial rainfall. When we lived in east Texas, it was easier to count …

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Landscaping On Limited Funds

Landscaping On Limited Funds

Maria Zannini June 3, 2019 Gardening / Saving Money10 Comments

As my regular readers know, I’m landscaping a huge front yard after losing my red tip photinias to blight. Since I had to remove these immense shrubs I decided to also do away with grass. (I’m not a fan of grass–unless it’s for grazing animals.) This left me with a …

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Landscaping By Intuition

Landscaping By Intuition

Maria Zannini May 13, 2019 Gardening12 Comments

In the photo above, there’s a deep purple clematis, surrounded by dwarf lavender as ground cover. To the right are irises. Behind them are boxwoods and a Rose of Sharon tree. In the foreground is yet another pesky blackberry vine that found its way into the picture. Last year I …

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The High Cost of Gardening

The High Cost of Gardening

Maria Zannini April 10, 2019 Gardening11 Comments

Have you seen the price of seedlings this year? It’s appalling. The biggest change this year is that many outlets are selling individual seedlings instead of the six or nine pack. But get this. They’re selling the singles for the same price (and higher) than the multi-celled packs. There are …

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A Garden Plan for 2019

A Garden Plan for 2019

Maria Zannini March 11, 2019 Gardening / Homesteading16 Comments

Sometimes I think it’s more exciting to plan a garden than to harvest it. When I harvest, all I think about is how much more work I’ll have to do to preserve it all. But it’s the beginning of the gardening season so it’s time to dream and plan. This …

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A Garden Plan For The New Year

A Garden Plan For The New Year

Maria Zannini January 23, 2019 Gardening8 Comments

Every year I try to improve or expand the garden and landscaping from the previous year. The front yard landscaping will be a huge endeavor this spring. I left it fallow over the summer and winter because I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to put in. I did buy …

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How To Reboot Damaged Soil After Erosion

How To Reboot Damaged Soil After Erosion

Maria Zannini September 24, 2018 Gardening / Homesteading3 Comments

Many years ago I read an article (and subsequent YouTube videos) by a man who claimed he re-energized his spent and nearly sterile soil by using wood chips as compost. Wood chips were like a religion to him and he’d have tree trimming companies bring him chips by the 18 …

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State of the Homestead: September 2018

State of the Homestead: September 2018

Maria Zannini September 17, 2018 Dogs / Gardening / Homesteading22 Comments

It was a long, hot summer, but the homestead is finally getting a break from the heat. Every year we try to do one thing that improves or makes our lives easier on the homestead. This year was the year I finished putting up weed barriers on the walkways between …

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Cheap Trick: Save Money on Plants

Cheap Trick: Save Money on Plants

Maria Zannini June 6, 2018 Gardening / Saving Money6 Comments

Although I start many of my plants from seed, if I’m late getting plants started or want to try something new at the nursery, I sometimes buy seedlings already in pots. I always look for the strongest plants first, but my next priority is to see if there are any …

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Starting Seeds On The Cheap

Starting Seeds On The Cheap

Maria Zannini May 8, 2018 Gardening / Saving Money15 Comments

One of my goals this year was to start more plants from seed. Under normal circumstances my existing cache of seed starters would suffice, but I have a long range plan to redo my entire front yard so starting new plants would be a massive undertaking. This is the first …

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Gardening Cheat Sheet

Gardening Cheat Sheet

Maria Zannini March 12, 2018 Gardening4 Comments

Here’s a wonderful cheat sheet for gardeners of every caliber. Although the planting times on the graphic are tuned to English weather, you can find your own climate and country by using Good To Be Home ‘s excellent little cheat sheet app customized to your area. The app is directly …

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State of the Homestead: July

State of the Homestead: July

Maria Zannini July 24, 2017 Gardening / Homesteading16 Comments

Time for another State of the Homestead report. We’re in the dog days of summer where everything struggles to keep from wilting–including me! The weather has been weird. Our winter was so mild I could’ve started the garden in February if I wanted. We’ve also had more rain than usual–a …

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Easy Garden Prep for Lazy Gardeners

Easy Garden Prep for Lazy Gardeners

Maria Zannini May 24, 2017 DIY / Gardening / Homesteading4 Comments

If you live in the South, you should already have planted your garden. Northerners can wait until June for more cold sensitive plants. The Plan • This is the fun part. Think about what you like to eat or flowers you like to see on your table. What fruits and …

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State of the Homestead: May 2017

State of the Homestead: May 2017

Maria Zannini May 22, 2017 Gardening / Homesteading18 Comments

It’s been a busy Spring but I got most of my outdoor jobs (or as I like to call them, my exercises in futility) done. 🙂 In the past month, I relocated hundreds of irises, started a dozen pots of new herbs, and landscaped the front of Greg’s shop. All …

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Start a Garden and Astound the Neighbors

Start a Garden and Astound the Neighbors

Maria Zannini April 17, 2017 Gardening / Homesteading16 Comments

  I kid you not. I was a TERRIBLE gardener. What did I know? I was a city kid who lived in a four-story walk-up.   When we bought our first house with an actual back yard, I was in Nirvana, but I was a curse from the start. Greg …

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Garden Plan 2017

Garden Plan 2017

Maria Zannini April 5, 2017 Gardening / Homesteading18 Comments

It’s that time of year again. Time to bruise shins, fraggle fingers, and blister hands. The knees aren’t doing too good either. Ah, Spring, you destroyer of ligaments and punisher of muscles. You lure us with promises of fresh strawberries and plump snap peas, but we always forget the price …

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Time to Start Planting

Time to Start Planting

Maria Zannini March 29, 2017 Gardening / Homesteading22 Comments

I’m taking a breather this week, still recovering from my birthday bash. Greg took me shopping. He said I could buy whatever I wanted. I’m sure he expected me to ask for jewelry–or maybe even a new dog. Nope. Well…the dog was close, but Nana said she was the only …

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State of the Homestead: March 2017

State of the Homestead: March 2017

Maria Zannini March 13, 2017 Gardening / Homesteading16 Comments

This is a year of transition. We’re simplifying and streamlining. We should’ve had a few more weeks of ‘winter’, but it looks like that one day in January was it. We’ve started turning over my raised beds and fixing or adding drip irrigation. For the last two weeks, I’ve been …

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State of the Homestead, November 2016

State of the Homestead, November 2016

Maria Zannini November 21, 2016 Gardening / Homesteading24 Comments

  You wouldn’t think I’d have much to report being November, but we’ve had a very mild fall. Winter for us is usually January and February. December is cold, but it’s the kind of cold that makes Northerners laugh at us. Garden: After numerous deer attacks on my garden, I’ve …

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