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seed packets!! 🌱🌱🌱 | prints

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rabbits aren’t meant to be seen head on

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the garden yesterday morning 🌄 🌻

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THEY'RE SPROUTINGGGG! And funny enough the broccoli that I've never tried to grow before has won the sprout race! I figured the peas would win for sure, but this broccoli is ready to go!

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planted more seeds recently in the raised garden beds!

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3 19 2025

Hello everyone here's the update for now :)

The littlest peeps update

These ones will be moving to the 2+ month old grow space soon and I'll be putting together a 3rd grow out space before integrating the newbies.

In addition come the 23rd-27th, we've a potential for 6 more chicks (though we don't expect all 6 to hatch). These hatches will most likely be sold to pay for feed (our ultimate goal is to have them paying for themselves as much a spossible).

One of our "free seed" areas, this was jsut left to go wild with weed seeds and added seeds. I find it particulalry funny they had such a divide 😂 between the sunflowers and the mallow-weed. Among them looks as if theres some tomatoes and squash or watermelon along the back, though I'm keeping a close eye on both to be sure.

The adults were given all the stuff I pulled from this zone.

Stinkweed seems to be pretty spread this year :( it's invasive/considered a noxious weed . I pull it with extreme prejudice as I spot it and feed it to the hens. They slurp it up like spaghetti.

The carrots are going to flower 🤩 i am so excited for the butterflies, moths and even some of the pretty beetles and flies. I hope to catch some stunners to share!

Radish flowers (breakfast radish is the variety)

The green onions from the store bought snips, their finally poking out :D

Past that, there has been lots of rain, not sure if it's potentially early monsoon or just weather skewing but it rained pretty good the last two weeks.

So I've been cooking a bit this week and quilting.

I got some mending projects finished and dyed some clothes to "renew" them.

My apologies for the short post today, but I wanted to be sure to post something as it's been a bit again. Mostly due to weather and just waiting for sprouting actions to begin.

🌱🐝Happy urban and suburban Homesteading 🐝🌱

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I sold out before the market closed.

Woot.

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Narcissus x 'Kassels Gold' / 'Kassels Gold' Hybrid Daffodil at the JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC

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the process of fixing up the other backyard garden bed, going in backwards order lol

i still need to get more dirt for layering and for fully covering the cardboard, as well as another wood plank to use as a border, but considering my nearest hardware store doesn't support dei initiatives, it's probably going to take a bit... i'll try facebook marketplace, a few local buy/sell groups, and even look into the possibility of small business hardware shops in the meantime

i also planted these flower seed mixes in this garden bed, as well as sprinkling some of each into the other flower beds i have, so there'll be lots of pretty flowers coming eventually! 🌷🌻🌹

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Started some seeds in advance for my garden in the morning on 3/14 and I’m so proud of my babies 🥺💚🌿 Both of my kale plants have sprouted, and one of my marigolds is starting to peek up out of the soil! I honestly wasn’t expecting there to be much of any growth for a full week, so seeing this makes me so happy

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The swarming bees have already flown away. That was so cool to watch. They sometimes stay a few hours or a few days. I hope they find a safe place to build their hive, where no humans can disturb them or vice versa.

When they left, I could hear a great rushing, buzzing sound fly over my house. It was quite loud too!

Their visit felt like a little unexpected blessing💛🐝💛. Good luck, bees...

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another seedling joins the gang

these two were planted on the same day, a little less than two weeks ago. on the left is a tomato seedling, on the right is an ornamental pepper seedling i grew from saved seeds from a nursery plant.

in total, i have 3 tomato seedlings, and (currently) 2 pepper seedlings, but i hope for more to come.

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tete-a-tetes were my absolute favorite until i learned about...

Daffodil Cyclamineus Tete Boucle

it is a tete-a-tete, but double ruffles!!

Critter Cove

March 12 2025 - Narcissus 'Tete a tete'

An older coworker turned me onto the Tete a tetes, they are MINI daffodils and are extremely cute. These are at the base of an Asian pear tree (the one next to the Redhaven peach).

(Please ignore the remnants of that stupid invasive Japanese stiltgrass, we have literal acres of it and haven't found a good way to combat it)

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sounds like someone needs to start their own plant nursery 👀

I’m so disappointed. My local nursery closed. The older couple who run it decided to retire and while I am happy for them overall, I am disappointed that the only nearby garden centers are Lowe’s and Home Depot. I’m not opposed to online nurseries, but I feel like plants are something I wanna see in person to judge the health/condition of and I get it same day. Ever since I moved into my house 5yrs ago, I’ve shopped there. Yeah, they were more expensive than big box stores and Amazon, but everyone who worked at my local nursery was very knowledgeable and friendly and there was more variety. Please support local nurseries!!!

On a lighter, more update-y note, I did also get two more fruit trees for pollination with the ones my dad and I have already. We have a Fuji apple and Gulf Beauty Plum so I ended up getting a Gala apple and a Methley plum. For all of our trees we have a lemon tree, an olive tree, 2 apple trees, 2 plum trees, 2 peach trees, a pink guava tree, a small banana tree and an avocado seedling.

I’ve also planted herb seeds of cilantro, parsley, thyme, and mammoth dill. While getting the 2 trees today, I also got some strawberry bare roots and seeds and planted those as well. Strawberries take 1+yrs before harvest from seed so I’m hoping the bare root strawberries will grow quite a bit this season.

My seeds haven’t really sprouted yet which gives me time to till the melon patches I want to make and get the main garden area ready. If they don’t sprout soon, I’ll start more seeds. My grape vines are also still dormant but looking forward to seeing them come back. My blackberries are just starting to wake up and my blueberries and raspberries are growing like crazy. Oh and my fig started spilling over the sides of the pot it was in so my dad and I transferred it to a larger pot. We are keeping things in pots until we can get our permanent garden layout ready, though we know about more or less where we want our fruit trees to go (especially now that a whole new neighborhood has been built behind us).

I guess going forward aside from garden prep, I’m thinking of adding a citrus tree (either another lemon for pollination or an orange) and a papaya and while it’s not a tree, I’m definitely going to add some honeysuckle.

Honeysuckle is a plant that is very sentimental to me and always makes me think of my dad every time I see one. My dad had me late in life but despite that, he was very involved in my early life. We rode bikes a lot and there was a house we always passed on the street over that had a fence full of honeysuckle. The homeowner was well-known in the neighborhood and had signs all over his front yard garden and along his fence saying ‘help yourself’ all in different colors to match what he grew in the areas. Every time my dad and I passed the honeysuckle fence, we’d pick a flower before continuing on our way.

Oh-I am also going to be planting some potatoes either tomorrow or the day after. The red potatoes I’ve saved already have knots of green roots growing out of them.

Other than garden prepping, not much else is going on unfortunately. I’d love to have some chickens but I live in an HOA and will be for the next 4-5yrs or so. I’m hoping by then I’ll be able to move out of the HOA and to a neighborhood that will allow backyard chickens. In the meantime, I’m doing some research on beekeeping. I did check with the HOA and beehives are allowed. I’m currently learning about what to do, the terminology, the different clubs in the area that would have mentors on the subject and whatnot.

All I’m hoping for this year though is a productive and abundant harvest. Even though it is nice to see things come out of dormancy and start growing again, it definitely still feels like the start of spring. It’s not the time where plants grow a lot. They’re waking up and I just have to remember to give them time.

Hoping to post more plant/garden art as well.

And I think that’s it. Even if you plant one thing, you take that first step towards self sufficiency. Happy growing everyone!! 💚💙Can’t wait for this season to truly warm up and get going!🌱🌿

PS I’ll post pics soon!

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I love the color juxtaposition of my blue cornflowers and calendulas. I have them growing in my backyard flower patch 💛💙

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