Category: Inspiration
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It’s Time for the Fall Garden
Are you discouraged with the summer garden? Pests have over taken everything at this point, you’ve watered each plant until you can’t possibly water any more, and it seems no matter your efforts things are just dying? Don’t lose hope, friend!
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My Thoughts on Slow Living.
“I just need things to slow down a little bit”, I murmured under my breath during my nightly ritual of dish washing dissociation.
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An Update
I’m a firm believer that creativity comes when the body and mind are at peace. Peace usually means there is a stillness about you and my life is currently anything by “still”…or peaceful for that matter.
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A Little Different Every Day
Spring. It’s just around the corner. At least that is what we keep telling ourselves. Nevermind the fact that we had a 75 degree day followed by a blizzard that disappeared just as fast as it arrived. Now, I must sleep in the bed I have made. In my particular circumstance, this phrase could also […]
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Let’s Get to Work
The time has come, friends. My state has had it’s one and only snow/ice storm of the year. Inevitably occurring in February which means that as the sun shines again and everything begins to melt, it is time to get to work in the garden.
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Let’s Grow Together!
When I started gardening, I remember feeling as if I had found my purpose. I had been trudging through the trenches of mental health for so long that I had forgotten what it was like to feel pure joy again. On a whim, my husband and I paid a visit to our local hardware store […]
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7 Tips for Starting Your Homestead or Farm
When we decided we wanted to embark on the farm-y/homestead lifestyle, we didn’t actually have the intention of “farming”. If anything, we wanted a few chickens for fresh eggs, guineas for tick control, and maybe a horse or two (someday). We already lived in the country with ample space to meet the needs of having […]
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Do We Consider Ourselves Farmers?
I throw around the term “farm” a lot for someone who has little to no knowledge about livestock, water systems to supply livestock, the cost of feed for more than 25 chickens, etc. Why is that? Do we consider ourselves farmers?
Life with Elizabeth 