Garden Failures
Last summer was a first for me living in this house and I was desperate to put in a veggie garden. I had attempted a garden while living at my parents house, but it failed due to my own neglect paired...
View ArticlePosting on Composting
I have to say, as wonderful and amazing as composting is, it is guaranteed to make you look like a weirdo in the eyes of your friends and neighbors. We started composting all of our scraps a year and...
View ArticleWe Grow Spinach in a Window Box
A lot of the wacky things that go on here at ImaginAcres are experimental. We’re still within the first two years of homesteading and we’re still learning from every experience. This is what makes it...
View ArticleGerminating
Everything that can be planted right now has been planted, and now the waiting game. I’m so impatient with germination. I want those plants to be here now! I can wait, I just need to find more...
View ArticleHow to Pollinate Squash by Hand
The Birds and the Bees in our neighborhood are dysfunctional. They have a grand old time with our trumpet vine, but completely ignore our squash. Poor, neglected squash. This kind of behavior is not...
View ArticleSpring is Springing!
It’s been a very long and very grueling Winter, and this is coming from someone who loves winter. I love the snow, the cold, the cuddles under warm blankets with big mugs of coffee. It’s a time of...
View Article10 Tomato Growing Tips Even You Can Understand
Do you ever look through a gardening book expecting to be taught how to do something and then put it back down more puzzled than you were in the first place? Yeah, me too. It seems that every book out...
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