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thelaundrylady
@thelaundrylady
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[A plant based whole food vegan who is into health, food, and organic gardening. Slowly converting our 2 acre property into permaculture food forest ]
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thelaundrylady
life
2019-08-11 15:34
Saving Tadpoles
The pond in front of the guest cottage has been constructed. We missed the rainy Spring and all the early Summer rain to fill the pond. It's almost like Mother Nature decided to turn off the constantly
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thelaundrylady
garden
2019-07-25 20:08
Digging A Cottage Pond
Here is an update on the small cottage we are currently building Next to The Food Forest The progress is slow. Unfortunately, a near by town/city had some severe hail storms recently. We were looking for
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thelaundrylady
gardening
2019-07-12 15:45
Best Potato Harvest Ever
I was taking photos a couple of weeks ago, trying to post a June food forest update when I accidentally shattered my camera. This photo above was the last picture I took before the camera was dropped on
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gardenjournal2019
2019-06-20 16:38
Building a Guest Cottage Next to the Food Forest - Framing Up
Construction on the guest cottage is going well. We are still receiving a ton of rain this year, so construction is taking a bit longer. The foundation was done a couple of weeks ago, then we watched the
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gardenjournal2019
2019-06-14 18:17
Blueberry Harvest - Taking a Risk
Every year around the first of June, we put bird netting around the blueberry bushes. We can always tell when there are crops near maturity in the food forest just by watching the way birds are flying
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thelaundrylady
gardening
2019-06-11 15:38
It's Garlic Harvest Time in the Food Forest!
It's garlic harvest time! Actually, it was garlic harvest time two weeks ago for me here (last week of May), but I have been so busy harvesting all sorts of different crops from the food forest, so I have
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gardenjournal2019
2019-06-03 16:36
Food Forest Update - Late May, Early June 2019
This is an update on our food forest in late May/ early June 2019. There seems to always be new sets of challenges every year. We have had a lot of wonderful Spring rains this year. My husband did not
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thelaundrylady
gardening
2019-05-29 18:56
Lizards - Reptile in the Food Forest
In general, when we think about creating a natural habitat on our property, we are focused on beautiful birds and butterflies. Often, we forget about the important reptiles. My food forest is full of lizards.
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thelaundrylady
gardening
2019-05-28 15:08
Lighting - Natural Fertilizer Giving Your Vegetable Plants a Quick Boost of Life
Last year, we had a severe drought in the Spring. I have completely forgotten about that until I started reading my garden journals on Steemit from last year. This is one of the reasons I wanted to record
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thelaundrylady
gardening
2019-05-22 19:06
Delosperma cooperi Ice Plant
We have some areas on our property that are still pretty bare and needs some type of ground cover. I have planted clover and grass in those areas with great success. However, last year I was looking for
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thelaundrylady
gardening
2019-05-21 22:51
Dinner from Our Food Forest - Rosemary and Potatoes
Why spend the time and energy to grow a food forest you ask? Because you can harvest home grown organic potatoes full of nutrients and grown with love without man made chemicals right from your own garden.
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thelaundrylady
gardening
2019-05-17 15:00
Buillding a Guest Cottage Next to the Food Forest
My husband and I started building our food forest 7 years ago. It started with two raised beds and two people who didn't know what we were doing. We did not start gardening with a vision of building a
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thelaundrylady
earthtribe
2019-05-10 22:20
A Hard Working Animal in the Home Orchard
I have to admit, I used to hate cats. The way they stare at humans used to creep me out. I was always happy to announce "I am a dog person". Cats just seem so hard to understand, so I tried my
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thelaundrylady
garden
2019-05-07 21:04
Food Forest Update - May 2019
Hi everyone, it's been a while. I had to leave Steemit for a few months to take care of some personal stuff and deal with some health issues. I want to thank all the friends who have sent me private messages
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naturalmedicine
2018-08-18 00:56
Short Break for Self Love
I am taking a short break from Steemit for some much needed self care. I suffer from anxiety and have panic attacks at times. I won't get into the details but something set me off at the beginning of August
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ecotrain
2018-07-30 15:23
Surviving a Scorcher - Food Forest Ideas
It has been a scorcher recently with temperatures over 100 degrees for several days in a row. The blaring sun never eased up. To make matters worse, we have had no rain whatsoever. It's starting to look
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thelaundrylady
schoolofminnows
2018-07-23 16:04
Really Big Sunflowers and the Birds - Saving Sunflower Seeds for Human Consumption
During Summer, we are harvesting so many things in the food forest. From tomatoes and peppers to cucumbers and sweet melons, there is always something to get excited about. And, it is definitely a busy
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thelaundrylady
medicinal-cooking
2018-07-18 05:05
Fresh Celery Juice - Medicinal Cooking Collective Challenge - Drink This to Eat That
This is my entry to the second week of the medicinal cooking collective challenge. This week we are focusing on the "Wood" Element, which is good for the liver and the gallbladder. According
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ghsc
2018-07-11 18:18
Food Forest Update (July) - Garden Journal Showcasing Photos from My Food Forest
This is an update on our food forest for July, 2018. We finally received several inches of rain. The rains came fast and heavy, which means all that water didn't absorb into the soil, but I am not complaining.
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schoolofminnows
2018-07-09 23:39
Blue Around The Homestead - Grow Your Own Food and be Less Dependent on Greedy Corporations. Take Back Power from Big AG
It's time for another weekly Homestead Photography Contest. The theme this week is Blue Around The Homestead. When I think of blue on the homestead, what comes to mind is blueberry. I did my first update
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