living simply and embracing imperfection
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For this week’s party, I thought I’d share with you what is growing in my garden now- both things I planted in the fall and my first spring plantings, which include:
This hardened off conta…
…sense to buy a packet of seeds for $2-$3 than a couple of plants for $2 each. When you really save, though, is the next year when you don’t have to buy that variety of seed at all. Save the seeds properly, and they last 3 to 5 years!
OK, now that I’ve given you my pep talk, on to my three favorite catalogs I order from every year, plus one I’m hoping to order from this year:
1. Pinetree Garden Seeds. While they’…
…ve had, but it was fine in a salad with dressing. Then we have leeks. I’m not a huge fan of leeks (just something about the flavor put me off of them when I grew them a number of years ago) – and I grew only about 30 plants this year as a test looking for more easy winter veggies. I’ll probably grow them again because they are easy to fit in (see how I squeezed them around the edge of a raised bed?) and I’ve been using the…
ithout some flowers, either.
Don’t think you can, or don’t know where to start? If you remember these points this, too, can be simple, frugal, and fun: Start small. Really, truly. Don’t till the back 40, plant enough for the whole neighborhood and then wonder why anyone does this when you’re looking at a sea of weeds come July and feeling like all you do is water come August. Build a raised bed to get the best soil…
…pe of gloves and a pack of 3 will usually see me the whole season – but by the end they will be done for.
2. Trowel, shovel, metal rake, and wheelbarrow (yes, I know that’s 4 and maybe it’s cheating, but these are the normal-any-kind-of-yardwork tools that most people have, so I felt free to lump them together). Any one of these items are used each and every time I’m in the garden.<…
I believe a cottage can be anywhere or anything (condo, ranch, farmhouse) as long as you have a "cottage mentality" which puts people above things, celebrates imperfections, embraces simplicity, and finds joy in everyday life. Thanks for joining me!
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