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Sustainable Colorado farm 🌱 Soil & Crop Science Major🥕 Pasture-raised chicken & eggs 🐓Fresh-baked goods 🍞 Produce & mushrooms 🍄 Regenerative farming 🌳 Helping create food forests | CSU Master Gardener | Cottage Food Certified | Soil Science 🔬

Trying to cram in planting between studying for exams… 🫠 I’ve got one whole bed planted 😂 sometime this week I’m hoping ...
06/01/2026

Trying to cram in planting between studying for exams… 🫠

I’ve got one whole bed planted 😂 sometime this week I’m hoping to get all my tomatoes in.
I don’t have enough space on my front porch to harden everything at once so I am just now getting my tomatoes and the rest of the peppers and eggplants out to harden off.

Clearly my legs haven’t seen the light of day in quite some time and I got a sunburn yesterday 🥲😂

The grapes and strawberries are all blooming and the kids have enjoyed devouring every red strawberry they can find.

I always grow a ridiculous amount of peppers… what will I do with them?! LOL

05/14/2026

📍 IMPORTANT MARKET LOCATION UPDATE 📍

This Saturday’s Sun Country Farmers Market is STILL ON — we are just temporarily moving locations for this week only due to a funeral being held at the church.

🛍 NEW LOCATION:
Next door on the other side of the Meadows Market gas station

📅 Saturday, May 16th
⏰ 10 AM – 2 PM

A huge thank you to our local community for helping us make sure the market can still happen this weekend! We appreciate everyone’s flexibility and understanding with this last-minute change.

We look forward to seeing everyone Saturday! 🌻

Time to start hardening … I don’t have enough room for all the plants in these two shelves so I have to rotate them thro...
05/12/2026

Time to start hardening … I don’t have enough room for all the plants in these two shelves so I have to rotate them throughout the day…

It’s cold outside—but we’ve got peppers and flowers inside 🤪 Just a few more weeks and they can go outside!
05/05/2026

It’s cold outside—but we’ve got peppers and flowers inside 🤪 Just a few more weeks and they can go outside!

I finally wrapped up my vermicomposting research project and wanted to share some real results!I set up three worm bins,...
04/30/2026

I finally wrapped up my vermicomposting research project and wanted to share some real results!

I set up three worm bins, all identical except for what they were fed:
• Fruit & vegetable scraps
• Carbon-based material (fed cardboard only)
• Food scraps mixed with small plastic pieces (to simulate contamination)

All bins started with the same amount of worms (0.050 kg each), same bedding, same moisture, everything controlled except the feed.

Here’s the results!

🪱 Worm population changes:
• Fruit & veggie bin → grew to 0.060 kg
• Carbon bin → slightly dropped to 0.047 kg
• Plastic-contaminated bin → dropped hard to 0.030 kg

So the worms clearly struggled in the plastic-contaminated environment.

🌱 Plant growth results (pea plants):
• Plastic bin → germinated first 👀
• Carbon bin → slowest to germinate
• Fruit & veggie bin → right in the middle

BUT…

When I measured actual plant growth (biomass):
• Plastic bin → lowest plant biomass (0.020 kg)
• Carbon bin → 0.025 kg
• Fruit & veggie bin → highest biomass (0.030 kg)

One interesting thing ….the plastic bin actually had the highest total weight when soil + roots + plant material were included, likely from moisture or structural differences… but once I isolated just the plants, it told a completely different story.

Plastic contamination didn’t stop seeds from sprouting …in fact, it sprouted first, but it reduced worm health and overall plant growth.

This really showed me how much soil health depends on what goes into it, even when the effects aren’t obvious at first.

Super fun project and honestly made me think a lot deeper about waste, composting, and what we’re putting back into our soil.

If anyone wants the full breakdown let me know it’s too long to post the whole paper I wrote here. 😂

Here’s to hoping I get an A on my paper LOL

The plants are getting big and the flowers are such a pretty sight inside 🌼💗 Seed potatoes finally arrive today, later ...
04/16/2026

The plants are getting big and the flowers are such a pretty sight inside 🌼💗

Seed potatoes finally arrive today, later than I hoped, but I’m excited to get them going!

Outside, peas are up, onions are in, and the lettuce mixes are coming along nicely. Hoping to sneak in some more planting before tomorrow’s cold front.

Funny enough… the garlic I planted two years ago decided this is its year 😂 It’s all popping up, so maybe garlic scapes are finally in my future!

The strawberries are all greening up and I’ve got more crowns coming next week 🍓

And after the pigs completely wiped out my chives last year… looks like it’s time to start those over today too 🐷🌱

04/16/2026

Farm chores with kids = chaos + fun 🤣🐶

Puppies got their booster shots today!

These cover:
• Distemper
• Adenovirus (Type 1 & 2)
• Parainfluenza
• Parvovirus
• Helps prevent leptospirosis

Subcutaneous shots (under the skin) are actually super straightforward. Most come as a dry “cake” + liquid, mix them together, shake it up, draw it into a syringe and you’re good to go.

Just keep it clean: wash up well and use a fresh needle for each pup.

After inserting the needle, I pull back slightly on the plunger to check for blood, just to make sure I’m not in a vein.

We keep all the pups in the truck bed while we’re working so we don’t mix up who’s been done, once they get their shot, they come out. Simple system, saves a lot of confusion.

Also… camera work by my daughter, so enjoy the action shots 😂🎥

Have you ever wondered how plants defend themselves being stationary? 🌱 Well, I sure have! A while back, I read a book c...
04/09/2026

Have you ever wondered how plants defend themselves being stationary? 🌱

Well, I sure have! A while back, I read a book called What Plants Know, and it answered a lot of questions but also left me with even more to ponder. The big one: how do plants know to communicate and defend themselves?

This week’s topics in class really helped me understand that plants are far from passive. They can release chemical signals to warn their neighbors, and they even attract beneficial insects. For instance, the tomato hornworm, parasitic wasps lay their eggs on it, and the larvae literally eat the hornworm alive. Gross, but amazing!

Plants also produce their own natural insecticides, like the compounds found in coffee plants, yews, and to***co. While these chemicals protect the plants, humans actually use them for all sorts of things: we enjoy that morning cup of coffee ☕, many people use to***co, and yew plants contain taxol, which is used in chemotherapy. Plus, they have physical defenses, thorns, thick cuticles, and tiny hairs called trichomes that make it tough for pests to feed.

I’m totally fascinated by all this!! Plants and bugs are just amazing together! 🌿✨

**Not my picture, just found on Google ***

500 seemed like a good number… but who’s gonna plant them for me 🤪😂 fine… I’ll do it
04/02/2026

500 seemed like a good number… but who’s gonna plant them for me 🤪😂 fine… I’ll do it

Oh how I love flower blooms and the smell of fresh rain 🌼
04/02/2026

Oh how I love flower blooms and the smell of fresh rain 🌼

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