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Garden Goals for 2019

March 14, 2019 by Cathi Leave a Comment

If you follow my page on Facebook, you might remember that I LOVE going to Mother Earth News Fair every year. I love sitting in classes and workshops all day learning about these hobbies that fascinate me. Every year I use it as a time to evaluate what I’m doing gardening and sustainability-wise and what […]

Filed Under: Beekeeping, Keeping Chickens, Seed Starting, Updates on My Gardens

Seed Starting With Soil Blocking. A Basic How-To

March 4, 2019 by Cathi Leave a Comment

So now you’re convinced that you need to try seed starting by soil blocking. How do you get started? I mentioned that I started after going to a class by Lisa Mason Ziegler at Mother Earth News Fair in Belton, Texas last year. She has a cut flower farm and is pretty much the queen […]

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Five Reasons You Should Try Seed Starting

March 3, 2019 by Cathi Leave a Comment

I have grown to love seed starting using the soil blocking method and you should too. Read on for five reasons why. At the Mother Earth News Fair last year I took a workshop by Lisa Mason Ziegler on the subject. I had never really done it. Not successfully anyway. I either bought starts at […]

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Why Mess With Seed Starting (and How to Get Started)

January 14, 2019 by Cathi Leave a Comment

This time of year in Texas, it’s time for cole crops.  I bought some broccoli and califlower starts in the fall and put them in the garden. Easy peasy. A few weeks later, I was harvesting. The thing is, the difference between the cost I paid for the starts, and the cost I would pay […]

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