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Enjoying the Downtime

 In a few weeks, we will begin preparing the gardens for the next growing season. I have already started perusing the garden catalogs for seeds to grow in 2025 and in about 2 months I'll have to get those seeds started in the little greenhouse. It's an 8X8' Yoderbuilt cedar greenhouse and we've built more table space, insulated the floor and installed grow lights for seed starting. I have heat mats and trays with lids for the process. Once the seeds are sprouted and large enough, I transplant to pots to continue the process and then move them outside to a temporary hoop house I put up and take down each year. I'm just about out of the case of 4" pots I purchased in 1996 (yes, you read that right!) so in 2024 I started using solo cups with a hole drilled in the bottom. They are sturdy and can be purchased almost anywhere. It worked out very well and I wasn't afraid to give away plants and not get my precious pots back lol! I also bought 2 sizes of soil block...
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Happy New Year!

As we come to the close of 2024 and the birth of a new year, we start to think about resolutions to change our life ... which most likely only last for the first few months of the year! One of my former careers was teaching yoga in fitness centers and boy, were we packed in January and February months. The definition of resolution is : the act of finding an answer or solution to a conflict or problem : the act of resolving something. That sounds very negative if I am wanting to go to the gym to lose weight! If you go to find the answer or solve a problem with negative thought guiding you, no wonder we don't stick with the plan!           So instead of making "resolutions" this year, let's set our "intentions" or purpose for the action and stick with the plan. Make this year a more positive approach and enjoy yourself! Just focus on being real and authentic. Don't be hard on yourself; be true to yourself. Love you the way you want others to love you. Get ...
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