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Winter Freeze
The last past few days have been challenging. The freeze wiped out most of our garden, we lost all four pigeon chicks that had hatched, we lost most of our feeder fish breeders and plants even perished inside of our greenhouse.
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My adventure with Box Turtles + Ebook for children
Kai: Once upon a time, I had not seen a turtle in five years.
That all changed this year, when we started seeing turtles (both dead and alive), in our urban neighborhood. We, and several neighbors now have turtles living in our yards – some say they’ve had them for years, but we had not seen one until November of last year, when I was then inspired to do more reptile research.
Homesteading in Winter
What is our homestead like in the Winter?
Winter is Mother Nature’s vacation. Many plants and animals slow down and rest after the productive Spring and long hot Summer.
Pensacola Native Plant Spotlight W/ Duane Tant
Native Plant Society volunteer Duane Tant showcases multiple native plants at Bruce Beach Pensacola, their uses and importance for tree planting projects and habitat reclamation. (More videos below)
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Native Plant Society volunteer Duane Tant showcasing Saltbush at Bruce Beach Pensacola, a wonderful plant for attracting monarchs, and a native to Florida and the Pensacola area.
Continue reading Saltbush – Native Plant Spotlight FlGulf Coast Homesteaders Meet-Up 2022
On Oct 28 & 29th, the 2nd annual Gulf Coast Homesteaders Meet-Up event took place in Milton Florida. Hosted by Hidden Oaks Homestead and Dusty Goat Homestead. A fantastic event that is surely to grow in the next few years! It was great to come out and get in touch with like-minded individuals and community! Hope to see you all next year!
Crazy Water Melon Abundance!
The last past two years we’ve been rather successful with growing water melon. We have yet to perfect our propagation, but our plants have at least produced well in number. The varieties we’ve tried are the Black Diamond, Red Crimson, and Lelanau, a type of water melon that is actually orange colored on the inside.
Continue reading Crazy Water Melon Abundance!Pocket Garden Install W/ Greg Miller
Pocket garden install for Habitat for Humanity.
This is Greg Miller’s first pocket garden install. Greg does weekly Harvest 4 Health tours of his urban farm and garden to inspire others in the local community of Pensacola to grow their own food and live a more abundant life style. Picked at Perfection is about making the healthy choice the easy choice!
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