Tag: gardening encouragement

• 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

• 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