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What does your garden grow?
Hey homesteaders! It's that time! My garden is growing and I've already gotten some pickling cucumbers and canned some spicy garlic dills! I have cucumbers, cantelope, tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, eggplant, squash, zuchinni, pink eye purple hull peas, and merit sweet corn planted! What does your garden grow?
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Growing vegetables with roses.
I've got that gardening bug already (yes, I know it's January!) and I've decided to plant a small (10x12) cool crop bed alongside some rose bushes that are already established around my porch. I want to plant kale, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, swiss chard, garlic and onions, etc., as well as some hyacinth and daffodil bulbs…
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Y'all still here?
Hey there fellow homesteaders, I've just started over here at MFP and recently joined this group but haven't seen any new activity. Just wondering if y'all are still here or not and if anyone who is still here is interested in talking about our homesteading experiences and goals. Thanks!
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Group Intro's!
Hey, I thought it might be nice to start with a little intro. I've been raising my own animals for the last two years, we had goats, now we have rabbits and chickens, I have been gardening for the last three years and I love it, I don't know if I'll ever go back to buying my produce from a grocery store,lol. I am thinking…
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Homestead Survival group on Facebook
If you haven't already "liked" this group on Facebook, it's AMAZING. :) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Homestead-Survival/189287804456890?fref=ts
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Field Lunches/Suppers
Hi all! I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas for lunches to take to the fields. The hubby and I are getting tired of sandwiches and cucumber salad. It's all we have been eating for the past 3 weeks! The food needs to be on the lower calorie side because all we do it sit! And ease of eating is a must. It's hard to…
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First garden..need help with pests!!! PLEASE?
Hello, all. I'm so glad I found this group. While we live in the middle of town, my husband hunts and we eat mostly deer. I used what little space I had behind my shed to make a garden this year. I about cried with excitement when we harvested our first tomato this week. After our kids our older, we plan on moving out a…
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Are there any Beeks in the group?
I've been keeping bees for six and a half weeks exactly. Hived both my warms on Earth day. Any other beeks out there?
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Canning
So... where do we all get our canning supplies? I've been buying my lids at the dollar store but they just jumped up in price to par with all the other suppliers around here, 20% increase since last month. Any one with experience with the Tattler reusable lids? I'm interested in them just haven't had a chance to purchase.…
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Garden Contest
My roommate and I have put in our first veggie garden and it and we enjoyed it very much...It was hard work but well worth the time spent...we decided we wanted to see other peoples gardens too and started a contest on out business page...we are going to have 2 winners and the prizes are a hammock chair and a…
