How To Make A Raised Bed Out Of A Plastic 55 Gallon Barrel
We were inspired by a video on the Growing your greens channel called “Have your lawn and eat it too” and decided to figure out how to make a raised bed out of a plastic 55 gallon barrel for our lawn. Ours are a little different they’re bigger and we dug out a trench so [...]
How To Start Seeds Indoors
Here’s how to start seeds indoors for organic raised bed gardening. Starting seeds indoors is a great way to lengthen your growing season and guarantee a good yield. You might also want to check out How To Make A Soaker Hose, to help learn how to water the plants once you get them outside. How [...]
Urban Farming
My husband and I have watched too many documentaries to not want to eat organic. We played the Whole Foods game for a few months but it was destroying our budget. I am super frugal and couldn’t bear to keep that up for long. So we decided to try our hand at urban farming. We [...]
Blueberry Kale Smoothie
My husband totally rocked in the kitchen this weekend. On Sunday he stayed home with our grumpy daughter who needed a nap while I went to church with our son. Part of the deal was that he would make lunch. He still [...]
Garden = Cheap Organics
I by no means claim to be an expert on gardening. I feel strongly, however, that everyone could benefit from growing some of their own food. We’ve been trying to eat as much organic food as possible the past few months. But it’s KILLING my budget. I used to shop at ALDI, feeding all of [...]
Spring Vegetable Garden
This is the first season for our “full service” garden. Full service meaning starting our seedlings inside under grow lights inside and transplanting them to raised beds outside. Our hope, with the new design my husband created, is to have a four seasons [...]
Affordable Landscaping
Spring is almost here. I don’t know about your household but spring is when we start to work on outdoor projects like landscaping and gardening. We love being outside together as a family. In January we usually make a wish list of what we would [...]
Irrigation for Raised Bed Gardening
This past summer my husband and I built raised beds in an effort to eat more organic, local veggies (I mean how much more local can you get than your backyard?). The first step was creating the frames for the beds, second step was the soil (more on that in another post), and the last [...]
The Birth of Modern Homemakers
Hello and welcome to our little space carved out in the blogosphere. We’re three super close sisters with three totally different takes on family. Two sisters by birth and one by marriage together we have a whole mess of kids, husbands and pets that we talk about on the phone to each other EVERY DAY. [...]
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