Garden Fuss

As  cliché  as it may sound, I have been very busy.... I know I know, if someone is committed to something as inspiring as a blog on living a wholesome homesteading life and providing practical and tried and true DIY tips they should be better at time management. Well,  apparently  I am not that person of late. Why? Well, life really does take over sometimes, and then there were these four new little lives that have taken up residence in, and then directly outside of our home. In other words, Hurray for us, We Have Chickens!!!!!!! Soon to be laying hens to be specific.  Well, this journey into raising our own layers has been a true labor of love, a testament to friendship, and the realization of a very long six-year dream. It all started this spring, April to be exact; after the new Urban Ag laws for Minneapolis were amended and put into affect. A crew of three which included me, my daughter, and her close friend (he’s a carpenter) vigilantly researched every chicken coop design we

Need to get out of the house? I have been feeling the spring itch (or punch in the face like my daughter suggested) for quite some time now. All that snow is getting in my way gosh darn it.... I have been on the look out for up and coming garden events and thought I would share a link to one of my favorite garden centers.  It's called Mother Earth Gardens in Minneapolis, and their website is motherearthgarden.com   "no S in garden". They have a listing of all kinds of interesting pre-spring and spring classes which are FREE can you believe it?

Where to start? If all the snow has given you the "let's get out of here's" like it has for us, then you're right where we are. Planning our escape into a warmer climate and also a fresh pallate for our spring garden. Check out the seed magazines we've been strumming through, it's one of many I Assure you !!!