RelativelyRural

My family is on a new adventure, learning building, gardening, and homesteading (ish) in our new, relatively rural home in SoCal. #gardening #homesteading 🌱

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Pea blossoms, because they are beautiful.
#beauty #gardening #Flowers #spring

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OK. I may have been excited when I harvested my first potatoes. Today though... today I got my first purple potato and I cannot overstate how amazed I am. I LOVE IT!
#food #gardening #love

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Tripod the fence lizard. He's fearless, which probably accounts for the leg and tail. He's a become a cherished garden resident, though he obviously thinks he's the boss.
#wildlifephotography #Garden #spring

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A Marigold to brighten your day!
#Flowers #Garden #spring

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Citronella flowers. So pretty! What a pleasant surprise!
#Flowers #garden #spring

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The first few ripe strawberries came in off my towers today. I've definitely improved my care of them and it's really paying off! Healthy happy plants and many incoming berries!
#gardening #strawberry #spring

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I couldn't resist getting this gorgeous flower from the nursery. #Flowers #spring #gardening

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We hung a bird feeder outside my daughter's window so she can watch them in her bedroom.
#bird #nature

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In case anyone needs a reminder Here's an excerpt from my natural resources textbook.
#ClimateCrisis #environment #wiseup

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We're expecting several storms in a row. It's a little bit nerve wracking because our whole town is kind of a wildfire burn scar right now. (Big debris/mud flow danger)

In the meantime these clouds are gorgeous!
#winter2021 #cloud #weather

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@DanielGellenbe1 Thanks. Original credit to @CaliKimGarden for the idea. I have children who can eat their weight in strawberries daily, so I needed efficiency.

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40+ strawberry starts in. Really gotta get this done before the sun stays dropping with the temp. My hands are aching from the cold+wind+water combo.

#gardening #WINTER #strawberry

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Being an environmental sci major is like being in a sad version of "Last Air Bender" No bending just lots of pollution:

Book 1: Air Pollution
Book 2: Water Pollution
Book 3: Soil Degradation and Desertification
Book 4: Fire - Lots More Due to Climate Change
#climatechange
#geek

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Trying to start some yams! After they sprout I'll clip them and put the sprouts in water to root.
#gardening #winter #yummy

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@justinehud Congratulations!

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I present to you: The mobius chicken? Tribble chicken? Chicken ball? This is my cockeral Joey grooming. Anyway, today was mostly a homework day, so I didn't get much outside stuff done to post. Hence the chicken ball. 🤣🐓 Enjoy.
#chicken #silly #homestead

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One of my favorite Christmas presents I got from my hubby. He handmade this welcome sign for our home.
#love #Christmas #dnd #handmade

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Have I been stress baking again? Maybe a little...

Looking forward to the day I can share these with my adventuring party in person again!
#hope #dnd #lockdown2021

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@midge_thomas This is Asclepias tuberosa. I have not heard of Joe Pye Weed, but it comes up as Eutrochium purpureum on Google.

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Got some milkweed for the butterflies. Thought I'd planted it late enough to be past egg laying so I'd have a season to get it established. Nope. Lol. Had to move this guy to the neighbors. Ate me out of house and home. (My plant was too small.)
#monarchbutterfly #gardening

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This should help the seed starting this year! New table top greenhouse.
#Garden #newtoy