Garden Notes
Garden Notes is The Grounded Homestead’s weekly dispatch. Real tips, seasonal lessons, and steady encouragement for growing clean food and living with purpose.
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Strawberries
Jun 10, 2025
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5 min read
Strawberry season’s in full swing—here’s what we’re doing, what you can plant, and how to keep your harvest safe.
Mar 18, 2026
With 280 gallons already put up, we’re shifting from startup mode into steady production—while digging out from a heavy storm.
Feb 24, 2026
4 min read
We’ve tapped 1,500 maples in two days, with another 2,500–2,800 to go—here’s what early season work looks like on the ground.
Jan 27, 2026
Cold days, steady work. Getting the maple woods ready while thinking ahead to livestock and land.
Dec 16, 2025
Every homestead has seasons. This one is about arrival, gratitude, and what comes next.
Nov 21, 2025
6 min read
The garden rests while we gear up for the move that will shape the year ahead.
Garlic
Nov 13, 2025
Big ideas tend to show up somewhere between mile markers and coffee stops.
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Oct 21, 2025
Winter squash is coming off the vine while garlic goes in the ground; here’s how we’re preparing as the first frost draws near.
Pumpkin
Oct 14, 2025
As the fields fade to gold with the last of the goldenrod, the homestead slows enough to start studying the past season and gather the wisdom granted.
Onion
Oct 7, 2025
7 min read
Cover crops are filling in, and the garden’s slowing down—it’s time to prepare the soil for winter and the soul for rest.