The Weekly Digs #146
Garden Planning
I sat down and worked on my garden plan this week. It was fun to think through what to put where and how much needs to be planted.
Even though the rough draft is done, I still have quite a bit of research to do because I want to make sure I utilize my space well and have living mulch where possible.
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I printed garden plan sheets for the kids too. When I sat down to work on my garden plan, I had theirs just sitting on the table. It was fun to see them pick them up and work on them without prodding from me.
The kids haven’t had their own garden for the past couple of years because of our move to our new property. They were very excited because in our old garden I really had to limit what they could grow because of space limitations. (They were always dying to grow watermelons!)
Where we are now, they will each have 25x25ft garden space. That is huge for them! I hope they can keep it up without all of it getting weedy or overwhelming for them.
Preserved Food Update
We are probably only a quarter of the way through our frozen vegetables, dried vegetables, and canned foods. We started to eat our preserved food about mid November so it’s been about two months.
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At the rate we are going we could live off the pantry food until June! It’s a bit crazy to think about since in year’s past we’ve run out in February or March.
Our food still growing in the garden is definitely getting to low levels due to freezing temperatures and consistent harvesting. However, I’ll soon have spinach large enough to harvest and plenty of preserved food until the fresh outdoor foods pick back up.
We feel super grateful to have the space we do to grow now. I remind myself often of what a blessing it is to have more space to grow all the food we need. For so many years, it was just a dream and it’s crazy to think that dream is now a reality!
Winter Wonderland
We got around 3 inches of snow this weekend! That is quite a bit for us and the kids spent the day playing outside sledding. Cam and his Dad helped collect wood for our wood boiler and the kids went and helped too.
I enjoyed an hour outside this morning but then spent the afternoon working on editing a new Youtube video about heat for our home! It was very fitting 🙂 I also got a new blog post published, 7 Ways to Prepare for the Garden Season in Winter, you can find it HERE.
Oh and P.S. I’ve had some requests for an updated list of seeds I’m planting for 2022 and it’s coming! It think I have the majority of them picked and purchased so I’ll share it with you guys some time in the next few weeks.