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torchlightgirl

Sep 142 min read

September 2024 Update

Time has flown by the last few months. Taking care of my garden, canning, freezing, dehydrating and freeze drying has kept me busy...

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torchlightgirl

Jun 183 min read

Just A Few Thoughts

Today I thought that I would share some things that have been swirling around in my brain. Too much honestly. So, just a few to throw out...

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torchlightgirl

May 281 min read

Garden Tour #4

I am gooving to my jam...lol Those are my beautiful wild black berries. Since 2022 I have made at least 2-3 batches of black berry jam...

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torchlightgirl

May 212 min read

Garden Tour #3

Carol's Torchlight Cottage is a place where you can find recipes and other ideas for making your own household and personal products. Come l

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torchlightgirl

May 141 min read

Garden Tour #2

Lovely rows of Bok Choy are coming up. Our growing season here in east Tennessee has been about 6 weeks earlier. Already picked and...

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torchlightgirl

May 72 min read

Garden Tour #1

Hi everyone! This is my busy time on our homestead. So much to do in order to have food planted for eating fresh and for later down the...

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torchlightgirl

Apr 111 min read

Foraging Wild Onions

I do have a few things I like to forage on our bit of property. One of them is the wild onions. I snip the tops off and leave the bulb...

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torchlightgirl

Mar 261 min read

Garden Experiment Success

Yesterday I worked out in the garden. Digging up the potatoes I had planted last fall. They did well. Most were a good size overall....

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torchlightgirl

Feb 212 min read

Prepping The Garden For Spring

Our weather has been warming up. So, it is time to be prepping my garden for the 2024 planting season. My compost pile is ready to use....

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torchlightgirl

Jan 102 min read

Happy New Year!!!

Well, it is a new year and has been for 10 days now. Life has been very busy in a productive way. December was filled with my daughter...

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torchlightgirl

Dec 5, 20231 min read

Pear Trees

Our little grove of fruit trees grew a few weeks back. Super excited to have pears. I like them a lot and in a few years they will give...

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torchlightgirl

Nov 28, 20231 min read

Happy Hens

We have a simple flock of 5 hens. More than enough to give us 3-4 eggs per day. Their nice little hen house and coop was simply purchased...

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torchlightgirl

Nov 21, 20231 min read

Back Garden Update

Life has been quite busy. I believe as busy as it was during the spring and summer months with working out in the garden. Just super...

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torchlightgirl

Oct 19, 20231 min read

Bug Out Bag Essential

Alrighty, you are probably thinking...."What is a Bug Out Bag and why do I have dental floss in this post?" Well, let me tell you a...

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torchlightgirl

Oct 10, 20231 min read

Squash Here We Come

Funny story about the squash this year...lol I planted it all later in the summer so the flying bugs that land on the leaves and the...

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torchlightgirl

Oct 3, 20231 min read

Seed Saving Basil

I am still seed saving from my Basil plants. This is a photo of the first batch I did several weeks back. Growing them in a pot is...

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torchlightgirl

Sep 19, 20231 min read

Assorted Vegetables

This is my garden haul recently. Tomatoes, cabbage, broccoli and swiss chard. I get everything cleaned up so I can process them. Tomatoes...

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torchlightgirl

Sep 13, 20231 min read

Tomatoes Galore This Season

This year I have had so many tomatoes. Really thankful to the Lord for them. I planted a good amount so I could have enought to eat and...

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torchlightgirl

Aug 29, 20231 min read

Squash Is Happy

Recently I made the time to transplant my squash that was growing in a pot. Yeah, with everything on my plate elsewhere in the garden...

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torchlightgirl

Aug 22, 20231 min read

Growing Carrots

The last few years I have been experimenting with new main dishes that have less amount of ingredients in them. For example, I can use...

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