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Daisy's Blog – March 2012 Archive (4)
Battling the Grass
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It lies quietly still, never moving, barely breathing for months on end. You stare at it with an aching heart, pleading with it to wake up. "Grow, please grow," you whisper in your mind. It seems it will never happen and the thought lies heavy on your shoulders. Then, seemingly overnight, you look out one morning and things have changed! Without you noticing, a blanket has covered the Earth. A…
ContinueAdded by Daisy on March 27, 2012 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments
Starting A New Garden
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I remember looking at unbroken land of weeds and rocks and telling myself that one day there would be a bountiful garden there. In the coming years my plans would change and adapt as I learned more and more about gardening. Today, the garden sort of resembles what my first plan was, but has many elements that I've changed as I figured out what our land was like and what I could handle in terms of…
ContinueAdded by Daisy on March 20, 2012 at 1:00pm — 4 Comments
Grow Tomatoes
The Happy Homesteader Blog
Well, it's time again for me to reconsider growing tomatoes. If you live in the deep south then you may have already put your tomatoes in the ground and up north your tomato days are still months away. For us however, it's time to start the seeds. Once again, we will try something different this year! Every year that we grow tomatoes we learn a new lesson and we have yet to get it exactly right. Growing tomatoes is one of those things that…
ContinueAdded by Daisy on March 13, 2012 at 3:00pm — 5 Comments
Become a Beekeeper!
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If you live in the south then Spring has Sprung! If you live in the north, then hang in there because spring is right around the corner. Around me the flowers are in full bloom and I see the bees foraging during the warmth of the day. It's a feeling that things are about to explode with activity any day and so I'm beginning to get prepared. I…
ContinueAdded by Daisy on March 6, 2012 at 1:00pm — 7 Comments
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