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Homemade Hummus – A Great Snacking Dip
Several years ago, when my husband and I were having lunch at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, I ordered hummus dip to go with my chips instead of salsa. I was instantly hooked! I love the unique texture and hearty flavor … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged country life, country living, country skills, dip, family, homemade, homestead, hummus, recipe
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Tillage Radish Cover Crop Update Six
Here’s update number six in my Tillage Radish cover crop experiment. With the winter cold and occasional warm days doing its work on the radishes, the tubers are decaying and decomposing nicely. The tubers in the larger beds are still … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged country, country life, country living, country skills, cover crop, farm, garden, gardening, growing, homestead, homesteading, mini-farm, tillage radish
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Starting Onions from Seed
To get the gardening season started and break up the doldrums of winter, I like to get things going by starting onions from seed. Onions can be grown from seeds, sets or plants. Sets are generally the most popular way … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged country, country living, country skills, crop, farm, garden, gardening, growing, homemade, homestead, indoor gardening, mini-farm, onion, onion seeds, seed flat, starting onion seeds
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What You Can Learn From the Juab County PVC Drip Irrigation System
Even though it’s still winter, it’s time to start preparing for the new garden season. This year it appears we may experience low rainfall again like last year. If that is the case, planning for more usage of a PVC … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, PVC Irrigation
Tagged beans, corn, country, country skills, drip irrigation, farm, fertilizer injection, garden, gardening, growing, homestead, mini-farm, peas, pvc, PVC irrigation, pvc system, tomatoes
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Top 10 Games – Part 3
We found Zooloretto while looking on the web for the best family games. My boys really love animals and this game is right up their alley. It’s another game that we play regularly and is our No. 2 game. … Continue reading
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Tagged country life, country living, family, family fun, games, homestead, homesteading, strategic thinking, strategy games, top 10 games, zooloretto
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New Year, New Possibilities
With the New Year upon us, many of us think about new possibilities and goals for improving our homestead and making things better. Especially as the new seed catalogs start coming in, I personally like to think about new things … Continue reading
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Tagged biointensive, country, country life, country living, country skills, family, farm, garden, gardening, goals, grow biointensive, homestead, homesteading, John Jeavons, land, mini-farm, new year, resolutions, tillage radish
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