HELLO! I hope this wonderful season has been blessing everyone’s family and friends with food from gardens and bugs for your flock! I am going to switch it up today! I wanted to talk to you about my tiny farm
My tiny farm has been growing lately We went from 30 chickens and a couple ducks and turkeys,
The girls have been scratching around and getting the
Weeds in the garden are the bane of my existence As I write this, I’m thinking about all of the weeds I need to go eliminate and it’s a little over whelming Preventing weeds from growing in the first place is a great goal, and there are a few things you can do to prevent weeds from growing in the first place Here are my top three weed prevention methods!
I highly recommend transitioning to a no-till garden Tilling actually encourages weeds grow by moving them around in the soil And over
I had the pleasure of growing up in a family that understood the rich benefits of growing our own food We didn’t have any farm animals, but we did have an awesome garden every summer
There is absolutely nothing like those first green beans or that first BLT of the season! YUM! So, as I grew up and got married, I knew it was something I’d want to teach our kids as well
Gardening is a great way to get outside and grow some of your own food Gardening can also feel difficult, especially if you have bad soil, frequent droughts or problems with pests and weeds every year Or, you might think that gardening isn’t something you have space for What if there was a way to make sure that you always had room to grow vegetables? What if this method was also easier to manage, no matter what issues you have had with past gardens?
Container gardening is an excellent way
Planting herbs in the garden is one of my favorite things Herbs are incredibly useful, pretty and make a perfect addition to any garden They’re great for adding flavor to your food, creating comforting teas, or natural medicine Most herbs are also great companion plants for vegetables and can help improve the flavor of your vegetables or keep pests off of your plants Herbs that are good for you are also good for your chickens Keep reading to see what my favorite herbs are to plant in the garden
Rosemary is a hardy perennial
As the weather gets warmer and the days get longer, we get anxious to start gardening When to plant our seedlings is an excellent question, and one that depends on a few factors: type of plant, last frost date (or weather), size of seedlings, and proper hardening-off of seedlings
One important thing to consider before planting is to understand what type of plant you want to grow Some plants are cold hardy and will tolerate colder weather Potatoes, lettuce, onions, kale, broccoli, radishes, will all take a bit of cold and are usually planted first, before the last frost date
Yes, you heard that right! Plant a garden FOR your chickens!
Myself and many others have fought the good fight to keep chickens OUT of our summer gardens since the beginning of time Crafty and able to squeeze through most affordable types of livestock fencing, chickens can destroy a garden It’s not their fault, they are opportunistic free rangers, eating whatever they can find
Here are a few tips to distract your flock this year, saving your garden!
Plan for Extras in Your Garden
As the old saying goes, “Sow four beans as you
Let’s get ready to garden! Are you excited to grow your own vegetables this year? Growing a garden is a budget friendly way to get healthy food on the table, an opportunity to teach your kids where food comes from, and a way to reduce use of fossil fuels needed to transport far away food to us Here are a few things to do to prep your garden for the flurry of planting!
Clean the garden –
Remove any sticks, rocks, other debris that may have fallen on your garden throughout the winter Make sure you get rid of plants that
Part of the way I keep warm in the winter is to dream about gardening There’s not a lot of gardening we can do outside right now in frozen Iowa, but we can make garden plans and get ready for spring and summer Warm weather will be here before we know it Then we can stop griping about the cold and start griping about the bugs, the heat, and the humidity There’s always something, right?!
I grow a large, varied garden filled with flowers, herbs, fruit, and vegetables I like to experiment in my garden, so you’ll always find something