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ing the inside outside game with the seedlings putting them on the porch during the warm days and nights and bringing them back in for the cold ones we ve never had luck with strawberries here after trying them in strawberry pots and in a few spots in the garden i decided to try transplanting some beneath fruit trees which is a permaculture concept i m not sure all of the first round made it as it s been so dry even with trying to water them we did receive the first measurable rain in a long time saturday night probably 1 10 with more in the forecast later in the week so i plan to transplant more j worked on integrating the chicks over several days last week with great success we figured they were close enough in age and breathed a sigh of relief when it worked out the smallest ones had been in a large box in the same coop so they d been exposed to each other the whole time he pointed out a chick from the original batch which appears to be a rooster oh well one should be ok provided it s not aggressive it was warm enough 80 s that the door to their outside yard was opened a few days and a few of the bigger chicks were beginning to venture outside we did lose two more this week and those were the last of the first batch that were half the size of their siblings so we re hoping that s the end of that all but the one original chick that arrived looking poorly from the second batch seem to be thriving they appear to be a much hardier bunch we shared tomato plants and sweet potato slips with one neighbor and sweet potato slips with another the first neighbor brought eggs to share which we couldn t use and the other brought us three fourth of july tomato plants which we d never heard of it d be lovely to get some early tomatoes j planted sweet potato slips and i fertilized them with compost extract library books were picked up while in town golden paste was made for guinness my initial meeting with the dr s happened this weekend they went through a lot of information during the visit i wrote down some of it but am waiting to receive their typed recommendations and a link to review the meeting to wrap my brain around it all the info included imbalances found many supplements that are not supporting me currently a few that would be helpful to add and some discussion on diet though the medical medium info got me this far things have been at a standstill for a long time now and it feels time to be open to other possibilities i ll give an update once i ve had time to implement the changes wishing you peace comfort and support during these last lovely days of april posted by laurie at 6 30 am 12 comments monday april 20 2026 hot compost success a bath hello friends last week i harvested asparagus lambs quarter nettles lettuce and lemon balm all but two heads of lettuce were harvested with temps around 90 for three days i was concerned the lettuce would get bitter some were shared with a neighbor and some with j s business partner several tomato plants were shared with my sister and her family basil seeds were planted i strained all the herbal glycerites and bottled them other than the lemon balm recently started i ve been working on using the first pile of wood chips our raised beds are along the fence of the garden the garden was a bit of a jungle so i weed eated in front of the beds laid down cardboard which had soaked in water overnight then laid down the chips suggestions from the permaculture consultant guinness had his first bath of the year other than a wipe down with a washcloth i used my homestead systems book to turn on the outdoor shower for the season i had forgotten to make notes about the hot water valve so required a little assistance but have it down for next time i made our first successful batch of hot compost it stayed in the 130 s for three days in a row and then was time to turn it it s remaining at that temp even after turning and wetting down which is great it s required a bit of a learning curve with some tweaks along the way earlier batches looked pretty good but never got that hot which likely means the weed seeds are still viable i learned the heat comes from active microbes if they dry out they die which is one of our remaining challenges as we don t have a water source in that area the chickens current drinking rainwater is a closed system and doesn t harvest enough to also use for compost so j recently bought a tote to collect rainwater off the new coop section which should serve that purpose well once it s set up in the meantime jugs are carried from the house j has done quite a bit of work for a local brewery and we were offered his spent grains to use in our compost we first picked up one bucket but last week picked up two this is one of the ingredients that help to heat the compost plus the chickens will find some as they scratch through the compost while in that town i stopped by the farm garden store to pick up more electrolytes for the chickens and also picked up thyme and oregano plants a bit of hand washing was done sweaters and wool leggings which were hung on the clothesline to dry cold weather clothes were swapped out for warm weather in the closet and dresser drawers j called me outside at dusk one evening to see an eagle perched on the snag in our pond that was a first and a happy surprise posted by laurie at 6 30 am 7 comments monday april 13 2026 sweet spring days hello friends what sorts of things have you been up to lately i spent several days working out doors last week which was lovely i started filling up 5 gallon buckets while i m weeding and adding it to the compost which the chickens rummage through more of the amish tomatoes were transplanted into separate cells as well as several wintersown flowers including calendula hopi red dye amaranth celosia and gazania the hay fields behind our land are sadly sprayed with herbicides these days as they re not fans of weeds i ve been gathering dandelion seed heads right where our path comes out bringing them back and scattering them here and there they re pretty a great early food source for pollinators good food and medicine for us excellent for skin and you can make wine from the flowers really what s not to like there were a few cooler days last week on those days i canned lima and pinto beans to restock our shelves a batch of cashew parmesan was made i shopped at harris teeter after dropping off a soap delivery getting the 5 senior discount and picked up a few things at dollar tree i wish there was a happier update on the chicks we ended up losing 12 of 25 so almost half our flock the company finally responded telling j they had shipped more this time 20 which arrived three days later on saturday one looked poorly from the start and didn t make it through the first night we hope to have a better outcome with this batch of chicks if you ve been around here a while you ll have heard i like to thrift our sheets and enjoy mixing and matching them i have bought some new sheet sets from a good brand in the past few years but they really don t seem to hold up any better than the thrifted ones j has a queen sized pillow our bed is a double so i m always on the lookout for larger pillowcases for j i almost always find king sized pillowcases and found one last week so shortened two of them for him on the sewing machine i went up in the attic and j helped me get down my warm weather clothes and our summer sheets the first flannel sheets in the fall are always welcome but i m looking forward to sleeping on crisp cotton sheets again one of life s simple pleasures especially when they smell of fresh air and sunshine more compost extract was made and a new round of plants were fertilized once everything has been fertilized once i plan to start over ideally i ll get to everything three times helping to ensure all the good microbes take hold the plants i ve already fertilized look noticeably healthier so that s encouraging this weekend i cut back the virginia creeper and kiwi vines encroaching on the fence and fruit trees little by little i m weeding flower beds and covering them with wood chips our oregano patch in the garden was totally decimated by moles this winter and only a few sprigs remained of a patch in a mixed herb and flower bed as the soapwort overran it the remaining oregano was transplanted to a place i hope it will thrive last fall i bought what i thought was oregano but turned out to be marjoram which turns out i m not fond of last week i reported seeing the first hummingbird at the window i finally saw one at the feeder a couple times on sunday such magical creatures wishing you a beautiful week friends posted by laurie at 6 30 am 10 comments monday april 6 2026 pretty spring days hello friends i hope you had a lovely easter if you celebrate and hope this in between time is pleasant wherever you are last week i strained lemon balm glycerite gathered more and started a new batch a number of tomato and pepper seedlings were transplanted to larger containers and 6 varieties of lettuce were started wintersown cosmos and bachelor buttons were planted in the ground lots of things are blooming this week including lilac wild iris creeping phlox blue star amsonia and columbine it s such a pretty time of year here sadly we re still losing chicks up to 10 now so far the company j bought them from has been ghosting him though it does seem usps is partially at fault the company really should send them overnight rather than priority mail which does say it can take up to 3 days though i ve sent packages that took many more than that promise it s obvious which ones are struggling as they are significantly smaller than their flockmates as it s a brand new building we feel the air quality is good and we open windows on hot days we ve got various lights and heaters and check throughout the day to keep the temperature in the correct range for them the levels of food and water show that they re eating and drinking we ve added electrolytes to their water and i ve used vetrx on ones that are struggling to breathe we figure those first days of stress impacted the weakest ones to where they just can t recover two more batches of compost extract were made and used to fertilize the potatoes and fruit trees we also tried something new a product the permaculture consultant recommended called bone sauce just as it sounds it s cooked down bones with some proprietary ingredients and works to repel animals most people use it for deer but others have used it for rabbits and groundhogs we re really hoping it helps to keep the squirrels from eating the majority of our fruit and hazelnuts it works by scent and if painted on wood is supposed to last for a number of years in researching it there seems to be variation in how much people apply and i m hoping i applied enough to work it s pricy so we combined it half and half with tallow as recommended to do if you d like our fruit trees and hazelnut got an application fingers crossed we didn t use it on the figs or pawpaws as nothing much seems to bother them i spotted the first hummingbird on sunday it flew around the fountain and then looked at me while flying back and cross in front of the window there was already one feeder up but i added another mcnibs and hickory s graves needed some attention and easter seemed like an appropriate day with rain in the forecast i transplanted more creeping jenny and a sprig of creeping phlox for them some of what i planted last year didn t make it hopefully the rain will help these settle in well i like the baked fries i usually make but i m always about trying new things i tried a recipe that used fresh herbs and garlic which was a fail it mostly tasted like charred garlic which is not very pleasant in the meantime i ve printed out several more recipes to try lol for easter i roasted our first batch of homegrown asparagus and harvested tender lettuce for a salad wishing you a lovely week ahead posted by laurie at 6 30 am 10 comments monday march 30 2026 stressed chicks self care hello friends last week i noticed garbanzo beans were getting low in our pantry so i canned up some on the coolest day i sewed a button on a shirt and hung all the laundry to dry another batch of compost extract was made which was used to fertilize asparagus two young cherries and other odds and ends the usual composting shredding paper cardboard and making biochar happened i haven t yet seen a hummingbird at the feeder but it shouldn t be long j finished broad forking the potato bed and got the potatoes planted he s also going to try a new tower idea with other potatoes the first few sprigs of asparagus were harvested well we lost more chicks not surprising after their three day shipping journey after j said he found a second one with pasty butt i looked them over closely it makes for an adventure with a bunch of tiny chicks skittering this way and that let me tell you we ended up bringing 11 into the house for a spa treatment as pasty butt is caused by stress it makes sense we lost another one that night and i ve been keeping one in my vest today who s been struggling to breathe i ve tried electrolytes and vetrx for this one and the whole group we lost that one by the evening i ve said before i m not much of a chicken nurse but i do the best i know to do another load of wood chips was delivered by the work crew and i was able to give them all soap i expect they may have preferred a cash tip but it s something we went on our first date in ages to see the hail mary movie i thought the book was wonderful though movies never seem to live up to the book we both thought it was good the chiropractor set me loose after my third visit the visits made a significant difference i recently learned about a couple doing some interesting integrative medicine he is an ent md phd with training and practice in many things he regained his vision using sound healing which started him down the integrative path she is a naturopath and also works with sound healing i ve long felt the future of medicine would involve sound and color light as a massage therapist i took several sound healing classes and purchased tuning forks and a chime to use in my practice so this is right up my alley i m excited to have a virtual appointment scheduled with them are you making any changes or trying any new self care practices this year posted by laurie at 6 30 am 6 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom instagram laurie north carolina united states a couple of my hats are soapmaker and gardener a simple green lifestyle is what i aspire to and something i continue to learn about the organic gardens here grow food flowers herbs this home was built with the help of several other folks it took many years but is now my sanctuary and where i m learning to honor my creativity believing words are powerful along with soapmaking is how the blog was named rather than there being any exceptional cleanliness here on 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