whirliegig
Member since: Mar 09 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 15 | Organic gardener
I am a mother, a beekeeper, chicken-owner, knitter, homeschooler, and an artist. I grew up in the Chicagoland area with a botanically-obsessed and crafty mother from whom I first learned to garden. Tennessee was my home for over 15 years. For the last 5 years south of the Mason-Dixon I tried in vain to garden in full, southern sun, in poor soil, and with a dry well. We’ve since moved to southwest Michigan – 1.5 zones and 600 miles away.
I find aspects of homesteading alluring in part because my grandparents were small farmers and because I love the idea of self-sufficiency. I blogged about our little farmette in Tennessee for a while on Not Dabbling in Normal and my personal blog, but stopped shortly after our move to Michigan when schooling really became a priority.
Now that we finally have a little bit of land again, we’re looking forward to having bees and poultry again as well as gearing up for some wooly critters. More than anything, I’m ecstatic to be able to garden again, with great soil and ample water.
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Zone 6a Attempting to plant with permaculture principles. Some of these transplants (like violets and strawberries) are listed on the MSU as turf weeds. It...
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Zone 6a Built by my hubby in 2012. Untreated cedar coated with a mixture of mineral oil and beeswax.
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Kitchen, Northwest Corner garden
Zone 6a Having to amend this bed severely compared to the Northeast corner. Digging this up is like building a sand castle at the beach. Adding peat moss (...
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