Spring in Maine is here and with April into May showers my gardens have started to fill out. Here’s what’s been budding out and blossoming~ Unlike suburbanites with their cult-like obsession with the perfect green lawn, here on the Sweet Potato Homestead I go out of my way to encourage and spread the divisive DandelionContinue reading “🌷spring garden updates🪻”
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🌸spring sowing~
April is finally here and the past couple of weeks have been a mix of seed sowing, organizing garden junk/tools and cursing any snow that shows up. While my outside garden chore list has grown by the day, I’m very excited for warm weather and bringing the garden back to life. Until then, here’s what’sContinue reading “🌸spring sowing~”
bitter cold start
It’s mid-February here in Maine and the bitter cold that comes with it is ever present. In order to fight the urge to burrow under blankets with the dogs and a heat pad, I started a greens shelf in the newly installed grow closet~ Rather, Mike complained I forgot to get greens at Hanny’s andContinue reading “bitter cold start”