Tag: garden planning

• My Seed Starting “Disasters” and Creative Solutions (Mar. 23/23)

  

  Dear Friend of Half-Acre Homestead, This is the first week that there has been a hint of spring in the air here in Eastern Ontario, Canada. However, as you may know if you have been reading my earlier blog posts, I have been at my seed starting for over a month now. As you can…

  Colette

  23rd Apr 2023

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  Canada Hardiness Zone 5B, garden planning, Gardening, gardening encouragement, gardening philosophy, homesteading, how to start seedlings indoors, how to transplant young seedlings, organic gardening, planting schedule, problem solving with seedlings, seed starting, seed starting challenges, seed starting plan, starting onions indoors, when to plant outdoors

• Guess What I Planted Today? (Feb. 17/22)

  

  Dear Friend of Half-Acre Homestead, I’m back after taking some quiet time in January. I enjoyed daily deep relaxation sessions, some reading (mostly about seed starting!), and a few extra hot baths with epsom salts for my aching muscles after the farm work. I also revived my ballet practice and started weekly low-impact aerobics sessions…

  Colette

  23rd Apr 2023

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  Canada Hardiness Zone 5B, garden map, garden planning, garden schedule, Gardening, gardening philosophy, homesteading, how to organize garden planting, organic gardening, Planning for your Hardiness Zone, seed starting, seed starting schedule, Staggered Planting Plan, Starting your garden as early as possible, when to plant what

• Exciting Updates (Sept. 14/22)

  

  Dear Friend of Half-Acre Homestead, I can hardly believe it’s been so many weeks since my last blog post. So much has happened since then! In this blog post you learn about how I sold my off-grid tiny home, my eco-cabin plans are now for sale on my website, and a garden update that includes…

  Colette

  23rd Apr 2023

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  crop shading by fence, eco-cabin plans, garden map, garden planning, Gardening, gardening philosophy, growing potatoes, homesteading, organic gardening, rutabagas, tiny home, tiny home on wheels, when to harvest potatoes

• Garden Planning and Seed Buying (Feb. 28/22)

  

  Introduction The photo you see above is a before and after of my little garden in 2013. I was living in an apartment in this old brick house and got permission to plant in an area of about 3.5 feet by 5 feet. But WOW I sure did grow a lot of food there and…

  Colette

  23rd Apr 2023

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  apartment gardening, drawing a garden map, garden planning, Gardening, gardening encouragement, gardening philosophy, homesteading, introduction to garden planning, organic gardening, setting garden priorities