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Category: Plants
Cheapest, best seeds I could find
Imagine, it’s January or February, lets get you s@#!% together. Seeds I mean.
January/ February is the time this year that I am thinking of seeds. I want to be able to order and get the ones I need before winter sowing. That way, mid-February I am all set to start. I never tired it before, so it could blow up in my face. Please stay tuned!
My fall favorite photos of nature
I was outside with my kids enjoying the bright fall day, when I found this little mushroom among the fluffiest moss. I had to stop and take a picture, but I can never stop at one. That made me think you all might like to see some nature, so I have put together a couple of my favorites from this year to share.
What I found in the New England grass.
I love the idea that nature and will God provide. All one needs is the knowledge to take advantage of that. Us being humans, we have the lucky advantages of being able to eat all sorts of things and not die. Even things I had never even thought of are edible (eatable?). I have to admit I never thought of foraging as a thing anyone can do in their back yard. “It’s a survival trick. People use it when they get stranded on a desert island.” I thought. “Or crazy survivalist types.” But when I moved to the east coast I met a arborist and soon we became friends. A little while later she gave me a book on foraging. “Strange,” I thought “maybe she wants to take me to a mountain and if I get lost I won’t starve. That’s nice of her…” As I went through it I noticed things that I saw in Michigan that we think of as the everyday weeds and grasses. THE BOOK SAID I COULD EAT THEM (mind blown). “I must make a foraged salad and now!!!”
Sometime plants die…
So my tomatoes, basil, and peppers are dying in one bed. Those same plants, in the same setup, are totally fine in another. “Why oh why are you dying little plants? I love you!” I think. “You just need a tasty drink.” Time to feed them COMPOST TEA!