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Gardening

Frugal Gardening 101:: DIY Organic Fertilizer

May 17, 2011

Here we are, already in Week 6 of our Frugal Gardening 101 : Busy Mom’s Guide Series! Most areas of the country have warmed enough that you’re able to get a few plants out, if not all of them.  Hopefully plant growth and harvesting is the only excitement your garden has seen.  And the only [...]

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Frugal Gardening 101:: Mishaps Abound

May 10, 2011

Another week has came and gone and it’s time to show the progress of our gardens.  Thankfully we have been blessed with some great weather here in Southern Missouri!  My peas are growing fastly, as is my cabbage and broccoli plants.  However, everything isn’t sunshine and produce around Freedom Acres. Our corn has done very [...]

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Frugal Gardening 101:: Busy Mom’s Guide

May 3, 2011

You’ll have to forgive me.  I totally spaced to take pictures this week.  Between the 20+ inches of rain over the last few weeks my garden is definitely getting plenty of water! Over the weekend we caught enough of the break from the rain to almost finish our chicken house!  I’m so excited to raise [...]

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Frugal Gardening 101:: Growing Herbs

April 26, 2011

Not a whole lot of action has happened in our garden this past week.  But I must say that that is better than what I was expecting to see.  I fully intended to see all my hard work washed away after receiving over 16 inches of rain in about a 3 day span!  Thankfully, everything [...]

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Frugal Gardening 101:: How to Improve Soil

April 19, 2011

Southern Missouri is known for it’s soil.  Yet, not in a good way!  Instead of our soil being black, we’ve got maybe 6 inches worth of rock-filled dirt on top of endless red clay.  It’s known, but not for what it can grow! So, how does one go about improving their soil without having truckloads [...]

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Building a Potting Table

April 19, 2011

Looking to add a usable work surface to your garden this year?  Look no farther than your local thrift store, or Habitat for Humanity ReStore. The last few years, as we’ve ventured into using heirloom seeds to grow our vegetables, using a greenhouse, and growing a large garden.   I’ve found with doing these things, there was [...]

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Frugal Gardening 101: Progress is Slow

April 12, 2011

The Busy Mom’s Guide, indeed! While we are seeing a lot of progress in our garden this year, it isn’t all due to growing plants.  As a matter of fact, progress is rather slow in that area! This year marks the 5th year, I believe, that we’ve had the garden in it’s current location.  And [...]

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Gardening 101: Introduction and Garden Plans

April 5, 2011

As many of you already know, gardening is a huge part of our lives.  We rely heavily on our summer harvests to provide is with food all winter long.  Without our summer bounty, our grocery budget wouldn’t be the same! While there is probably more than 10 reasons, here are Ten Reasons You Should Start [...]

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Ten Reasons to Start a Vegetable Garden

March 7, 2011

With grocery prices on the rise, it’s more important than ever to brush up on your gardening skills and do what you can, at home, to save where you can.  I have been able to shave a big chunk off of our grocery budget by gardening. While I know it’s not possible for everyone to [...]

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Starting the Garden

March 16, 2010

I’m definitely not as on top of the garden this year as I was last year.  I finally got around to starting some of our seeds over the weekend.  Good thing too, as our plant date is coming up in April!  If you are unsure of when your plant date is, check  here. As I’ve [...]

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