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thelaundrylady

@thelaundrylady

[A plant based whole food vegan who is into health, food, and organic gardening. Slowly converting our 2 acre property into permaculture food forest ]

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thelaundrylady
@thelaundrylady Aug 11, 2019, 3:34 PM UTC

Saving Tadpoles

The pond in front of the guest cottage has been constructed. We missed the rainy Spring and all the early Summer rain to fill the pond. It's almost like Mother Nature decided to turn off the constant…

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thelaundrylady
@thelaundrylady Jul 25, 2019, 8:08 PM UTC

Digging A Cottage Pond

### Here is an update on the small cottage we are currently building Next to The Food Forest The progress is slow. Unfortunately, a near by town/city had some severe hail storms recently. We were loo…

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thelaundrylady
@thelaundrylady Jul 12, 2019, 3:45 PM UTC

Best Potato Harvest Ever

I was taking photos a couple of weeks ago, trying to post a June food forest update when I accidentally shattered my camera. This photo above was the last picture I took before the camera was dropped…

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thelaundrylady
@thelaundrylady Jun 20, 2019, 4:38 PM UTC

Building a Guest Cottage Next to the Food Forest - Framing Up

#### Construction on the guest cottage is going well. We are still receiving a ton of rain this year, so construction is taking a bit longer. The foundation was done a couple of weeks ago, then we wa…

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thelaundrylady
@thelaundrylady Jun 14, 2019, 6:17 PM UTC

Blueberry Harvest - Taking a Risk

Every year around the first of June, we put bird netting around the blueberry bushes. We can always tell when there are crops near maturity in the food forest just by watching the way birds are flyin…

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thelaundrylady
@thelaundrylady Jun 11, 2019, 3:38 PM UTC

It's Garlic Harvest Time in the Food Forest!

### It's garlic harvest time! Actually, it was garlic harvest time two weeks ago for me here (last week of May), but I have been so busy harvesting all sorts of different crops from the food forest,…

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thelaundrylady
@thelaundrylady Jun 3, 2019, 4:36 PM UTC

Food Forest Update - Late May, Early June 2019

This is an update on our food forest in late May/ early June 2019. There seems to always be new sets of challenges every year. We have had a lot of wonderful Spring rains this year. My husband did no…

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thelaundrylady
@thelaundrylady May 29, 2019, 6:56 PM UTC

Lizards - Reptile in the Food Forest

In general, when we think about creating a natural habitat on our property, we are focused on beautiful birds and butterflies. Often, we forget about the important reptiles. My food forest is full of…

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thelaundrylady
@thelaundrylady May 28, 2019, 3:08 PM UTC

Lighting - Natural Fertilizer Giving Your Vegetable Plants a Quick Boost of Life

Last year, we had a severe drought in the Spring. I have completely forgotten about that until I started reading my garden journals on Steemit from last year. This is one of the reasons I wanted to r…

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thelaundrylady
@thelaundrylady May 22, 2019, 7:06 PM UTC

Delosperma cooperi Ice Plant

We have some areas on our property that are still pretty bare and needs some type of ground cover. I have planted clover and grass in those areas with great success. However, last year I was looking…

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