Let’s review: you love to garden you love to get dirty you love to analyze things you love to fail and try again you LOVE new gear (or new to you gear… even if it is old school equipment) you LOVE to learn new methods (even if they are old as salt, tried and true…
Category: Gardening
Garden Prep: February Starts
As someone who lives solidly in zone 5 (5b to be exact), I feel like I NEVER get my seed starting done early enough. Which means I often would start TOO early without a proper plan. Part of this was definitely due to my previous career. I would work like a madwoman from October through…
Real Talk: Seed Starting
OOOH! It is 43 degrees outside. IN JANUARY! I don’t know about you, but for me once January 1st passes, a strange thing happens: the 15 day transformation of the house begins… taking it from a cozy, festive holiday haven to a 1. bright and airy space setup to drive the next growing season’s veggies,…
Seasonal Transitions: Being present while planning ahead
It’s that time of year again – do I still love Winter? Am I ready for Spring? The answer in March, without fail, is NO (to both questions.) Fresh off the high of ordering an UNGODLY amount of seeds and the new chickens that will be added to our flock this April, March is that…
And all of a sudden, it’s go time…
Winter. Winter. *hint of warm weather* Nope. WINTER. 80 degrees one day? Nope. Winter the next. This is our reality here in the world today… weird, nutty weather patterns that defy planning and hope and drive us all mad. For the person with a garden and small farm? OMG. We can’t even. If the road…
Dragon Brook Farm 