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Finally! Your hens just started laying eggs. So exciting! Join me in this episode to discuss everything you need to know to get started with fresh eggs.  When can you expect your hens to start laying?  Do you wash them? Refrigerate them? My hens just started laying...

Join me for a quick garden update where I discuss our transition plans from our summer garden to our fall garden. I discuss what plants we are planting and how we deal with overlapping spaces. We also have a few new updates to our chicken coup as well. Stop wasting...

Preserving food is a lot of work! From the harvesting, to the purchasing of supplies, to preparing and cooking the contents, to the actual processing steps, a lot of time a effort is spent preserving your food for longterm storage.  Once all of that work is done, then...

While most people think of a beautiful spring garden when they start planning for the gardening season, it is important not to forget about the fall garden!  For many years, I neglected to think about a fall garden, but it has become a really important time for me to...

If you have a garden, you can quickly become overwhelmed by the harvest that seems to come in overnight! What do you do with all of it?  You may notice some really great prices and quality of all of the in season fruits and vegetables. How do you take advantage of...

We all know about the wonderful benefits of gardening and how plants we intentionally grow can impact out health and wellbeing.  However, there are so many amazing plants all around us that we aren't even aware of.  In this episode, I talk with Kathy Lapcevic of the...

There are so many ways to preserve herbs aside from your typical "hanging to dry" method.  While I love drying my herbs by hanging them (There is something so pretty and simple about hanging herbs), this is not the only effective method for preserving the fresh taste...

How is your garden growing? I have definitely been faced with my fair share of success and challenges. Join me in this episode as I go through where we are with the garden this year and discuss some plans for the rest of the season.  Stop wasting your fruits and...

Do you love tea? If you do, you do not want to miss this episode. I am talking all about plants, herbs, and flowers that you can grow for your very own tea garden.  Some of these plants you will find as common ingredients in your favorite tea blends. Learn which ones...