Blessed Autumn and Happy Harvest!
    As the tomatoes ripen and rain falls, there is a balance one must obtain. Preparations are at hand: the food must be harvested and properly prepared in order to be preserved through the coming weather, the soil must once again be worked and replenished for winter gardens, and any plants that are to remain beyond the first frost must be protected in a hoop or green house. There is also the energetic shift into fall gear. Stoking up the wood stove cre...
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    I was prepared for August. When taking full advantage of the harvest season and squeezing in the last celebrations of summer, August will busy any bee, and I thought that keeping up would be an accomplishment. What I did not expect was for Coffee Creek to take that upswing, ride the pendulum for all that it is worth, and land smack into September with a brand new chicken coop, a large fenced ranging area, a greenhouse full of starts, pantry and cold storage full of food, three new ...
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