Garden 
SPRING?(20)
The ol’ groundhog has predicted 6 more weeks of winter but maybe Mr Punxsutawney, you don’t know this or not but winter has never even really arrived! At this rate, springis just around the corner!
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BOTTLE BORDER
Everybody who visits the garden goes bonkers over the bottle borders we have. I like the look on their faces whey they exclaim, “Are those bottles?” and I reply, “They sure are!” You can tell right then an there those bottles gets their imaginative juices flowing!
(10) COMMUNITY GARDEN
Over these past few weeks, the front yard garden has gone through an extreme makeover. Thanks to a local salvage yard and a second hand patio set, we’ve transformed a “garden space” into a “people space.”
(4) RAIN!
Prayers were answered not once but twice last last! We enjoyed a few days of rain – what a blessings!
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SEED STARTING TIPS & TRICKS
I’ve been asked countless times how do you know how deep to plant seeds. A simple and very effective way to figure out how deep to plant or how much dirt to cover seeds is …
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GARDEN REPORT
While some of the plants are on winter hiatus, we human’s work has only just begun!
Every winter, the garden undergoes a bit of an upheaval or overhaul.
(7) NOVEMBER HARVEST TALLY & GIVEAWAY
It’s unsettling start to winter but I guess what should we expect as the past couple winter seasons have been pretty mild. Considering many parts of the country are already getting a dusting of the white stuff, we shouldn’t complain!
(62) WEATHER UPDATE
Winter has come early and with a fury here to a “weather-less” land of So Cal.
What a week… hurricane force winds… now bitter cold. Poor salad greens which were first blow- dried are now freeze- dried.
(4) FOR THE BIRDS
This year, here on the Urban Homestead, we have spotted THREE new species of birds since the summer. That is pretty exciting!
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