Growing Home

gardening, self-sufficiency, homesteading, food preserves diary Blog documenting progress in transforming new property (50 acres - mostly wooded) into garden-farmette . Trying to become more self-sufficient and more self-aware.

Saturday, April 26, 2025

We are back!

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It’s been a while since I last updated this blog. A lot has happened — a bad back injury (a slipped disc), then COVID… and everyth...

Sunday, April 8, 2018

Locust trimming, spraying, and pecan planting

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Locust trimming I finally got to trimming the locust trees. There are a lot of locust trees here! The locust tree beetle is really doin...

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Deer damage

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Deer damage to the new pines! Dammit! Not even 2 weeks in and the deer have found the pines and begun their assault! UGH!! ...

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Big melt off

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Fast Melt The snow didn't last long. Weather warmed up quickly and the snow was melted off the roads within a day! The rest of i...

Sunday, March 18, 2018

First round of tree planting for the year and a big snow

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First Tree shipment has arrived! My shipment of birch trees (27), poplar trees (60), maple trees (60), bald cypress (55), and white pin...

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Fruit tree trimming time

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Yay! 100,000 miles! I lucked out and caught this picture as my car made 100,000 miles! Yes, I took the picture while driving, but ...

Sunday, March 4, 2018

Grape vine pruning time!

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But first, more plastic stuff! I printed out some more shop stuff to try out this week. I made a handle for the mill head screw and a han...

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