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Salmon Creek Falls, Lansing, NY. Bursting over with all the downpours we had lately. 🏞️ I saw two orchard orioles, a male and female pair, a female pine warbler, robins, a dove, and a bald eagle that circled right over the falls twice before moving down the creek.

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Not much room to grow? Even gardening from the deck can produce great results. 😋 Round two of Green Tomato Salsa Verde

Every podcast needs a little intro, something that sets the tone and welcomes you in. This is mine. It’s short, simple, and straight from the heart. You’ll hear it at the beginning of every episode of Grow & Tell, once they're uploaded to podcasting platforms. Thanks for…

Spend some time sitting and observing nature around you, from a window, toes in the grass, pictures shared by others, seeing its value can motivate us to protect it and rebuild a stronger future for all life.

Basil and marigolds work well next to each other in containers

📢Calling all gardeners, homesteaders, and farmers I’m looking for some awesome folks from the gardening and homestead world to come chat with me on my weekly XSpace/Podcast Grow and Tell! If you’ve got stories from the garden, tips from the chicken coop, or kitchen experiments…

Settling in a little, cooking dinner on my stove outside tonight, got my water system tested and found a few small leaks to fix, my camp is a little bit more organized than a week ago. 🚐🏡

I’m going to @donika_gunther’s upcoming Space. Will you join too?

Most pigs in America stay cooped indoors most, if not all of their lives. Not on @GGunthorp’s farm! True pasture-raised pigs.

Chillin on the pad with Pawpaw.

If you're looking for a hardy, heat-loving plant that keeps the pollinators coming all season long, you'll want to grow lantana! Native to tropical regions, lantana thrives in full sun and poor soil, making it perfect for low-maintenance gardens. It’s drought-tolerant, deer…

Fog over the valley. I moved out to corn and cow country for the next few months. I'll miss my spot at the apartment on the mountainside, but it is fun to discover a different vibe out this way.

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Therapy

Getting some borage, CA poppy, red clover, sage, purple basil, mullein flowers, and calendula in the freeze dryer😁 Plan to package a bunch of it soon and sell it on our site. I also plan to situate info pages for everything, so it’s easy to find. Need more hours in a day😂