First garden bed ready. Positioned off the back patio. Start at your back door they say. #homesteading #permaculture

Expected move in date is second week of November. We put the current house up for sale and we are under contract. Things are happening fast. Any good advice about seeding and starting a lawn?

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My blue light blocking glasses haven’t come yet, so I’ve been using melatonin at night and honestly I wasn’t sure melatonin had any efficacy. Also not sure if it should be taken long term. Well I didn’t take any last night and I woke up at 3 AM and I could tell I wasn’t going to be able to go back to sleep. I took it and was hit with heavy sleepiness. So if you’re wondering, yeah it has efficacy at least for me it did. Still not sure it should be taken long term… dependency etc etc. anyways GM.

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Checked out the house, they have started added the stone to the front. Exterior siding complete, septic system is in, starting to think about where the kitchen garden will live. I had drawn a location for planning but the land has been reshaped from the build. We don’t have a sump pump as it’s a walkout basement I’m thinking of tieing the garden into the drainage for the house so it will be perpetually watered from the water being drained from the soil around the house. Still have to think about how to do it. Or potentially will put fruit trees there. I also have a pile of cement left over from a deconstruction of something left on my property, like a barn or something. Trying to think of uses for that. So far I’m thinking anywhere from using it for a terrace to using it for a rockery for reptile habitat and anything in between. Anyone know how to move large blocks of concrete in a low tech kind of way? #grownostr #asknostr #homesteading #permaculture

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Presently throwing blemished tomatoes at the playground slide in the backyard with the kids🤣 stressful days at work, I needed this.

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No matter how bad things get if you conduct yourself with integrity you will sleep well at night. GN

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