Homesteading on a strip mineto taught us, grow things and propogate plants some might call weeds'
It is better to build the soil and nuture, than to force your will.
God created a world that heals.
There will come a time to try grow plants you desire.
When we bought the property a farmer was baling straw on the land, as I helped him load bales on his wagon, we talked.
He told me I would never grow anything but grass, the soil was like concrete.
Very slowly and with many failed attempts we established some trees.
But we get great joy in spreading our wild flowers
Our neighbor is a bee keeper, we get our honey from him, made from our wild flowers,
Bees are an important element in restoration of the land..
Small beehive hauling in pollen from the fall ragweed plant. Ragweed pollen is very bright yellow and if in the fall you can be almost certain its from the r...