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Snowshoeing, a Fun Winter Activity

Snowshoeing, a Fun Winter Activity

If you can't garden, go snowshoeing! Except for the indoor garden we are enjoying a break in gardening, that's kind of nice, too. Snowshoeing is a fun winter activity that gives us something to do in the outdoors during the long cold months. The history of snowshoeing was a necessity. People had to ...

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Hoar Frost and Rime Ice Beauty

Hoar Frost and Rime Ice Beauty

A blogging friend from Texas was sharing her December garden update. Greens and herbs along with some tomatoes are happily growing there. Really!? I mean it looks great, just like our garden in - July! I am trying hard not to be jealous. Our garden is covered in hoar frost. I told her that. She ...

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Northern Spring

Northern Spring

Spring is one of my favorite times of the year. I like all seasons, but the celebration of new life is just so special. The problem I have with the northern spring though is that it feels more like a second winter, not spring. Frost almost every night till late May, snow every now and then, overcast ...

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The Weather we are dealing with

It is a beautiful morning here. Blue sky, enjoyable warm; a good summer day. But, check this out, something is wrong here isn't it? I mean it is July 11th, its mid summer and tonight the temperature has been forecasted to go down to 4 degrees Celsius. Yep that is very close to freezing. One ...

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We share how we build things and use alternative energies. Building a greenhouse is almost a must in a northern climate to overcome cold and frost.

Growing

Growing your own food year round using organic methods. Here you will find many proven gardening tips and ideas.

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Preserving

Under Preserving we share how we preserve food. With only about 100 frost free days, we want to preserve and store our summer bounties as much as we can to have homegrown food all throughout the long winter

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