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You’ve probably heard the new Miley Cyrus song Flowers and the popular line…”I can buy myself flowers”. You sure can and you should! Self-care is essential for maintaining good mental and physical health, and buying yourself flowers is an easy and enjoyable way to practice it. Or, buy some for a friend who needs a little something to brighten their day. In case you need some proof, here are a few reasons why flowers are good for us…Flowers boost mood. It’s been proven that flowers have a positive impact on one's mood and mental state, creating a feeling of well being. Just...

It doesn’t matter what you’re growing, building and bettering your soil is the secret to growing vibrant and delicious food and beautiful flowers. Improving your soil doesn’t have to be complicated. Here are some easy and simple ways you can start building better soil.  First things first, test your soil (even the home soil testing kit results are helpful). You assume that your soil is most likely low in organic matter. Otherwise, don’t arbitrarily add any of these amendments until you know what your soil is lacking because you may be doing more damage than good.  Here are some things you can...

Soil testing from the new growing area has been on my list easily since early fall. Yep. I said it. It’s important information that we need before spring. It’s been written down on so many to do lists… It's embarrassing to admit just how many. Results of soil tests give us valuable information as to what the soil is lacking.  The healthier the soil, the more vibrant the soil food web and this is what ultimately feeds the plants in healthy soil.  I don’t have to tell you that the ground is frozen and that it would have been way...

Predicting the weather is not an easy feat, even today, with all the technology meteorologists use, weather prediction is far from perfect. Climate Change is making it even more difficult to predict the ever changing weather patterns. This method is an interesting and unusual way to try to predict the weather for the coming year...Amish Style.   The Amish Weather Prediction model suggests that the weather on each of the 12 days of Christmas (starting on December 26th and ending on January 6th) represents the weather for each month of the coming year. According to the Amish, if the weather...