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All our favorite posts about spring in Northeast Texas including gardening, photos & more posted on TexasHomesteader.com

Happy Easter. Glory, Hallelujah – He Is RISEN!

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by Texas Homesteader ~

Easter celebrations may look a little different this year. But celebrate where you are! Go ahead & let the kids hunt Easter eggs in the back yard, or even in the house like we used to do when the kids were little and rain hampered an outdoors celebration.

Attend your favorite church service online and praise the Lord! Celebrating shouldn’t be a gathering this year, but it certainly  can and should still be CELEBRATING!

Gatherings may be canceled, but Easter has certainly not been canceled!

For all my Christian friends - what a glorious day today is. Happy EASTER. He Is Risen! #TexasHomesteader

For all my Christian friends – what a glorious day today is.

He Is Risen!

Happy EASTER.

~TxH~

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Veggie Garden Update: May

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by Texas Homesteader

May is typically a great month for veggie gardening in NE Texas.  In May the temps usually haven’t heated up too drastically. And in a normal year there’s still spring rains swinging through each week so you don’t typically have to struggle quite as much with your garden maintenance workload.

C’mon and walk with me through the garden & let’s see what’s “growing” on these days.

May is a great month for the garden. C'mon and walk with me through the veggie garden & let's see what's growing on these days. #TexasHomesteader

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Three Sisters Garden: A Time Tested Native American Symbiotic Planting Strategy

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A popular garden planting strategy often attributed to the native American Indians is the 3-Sisters Garden. It’s a symbiotic planting strategy.

Three different vegetables are planted together, each one benefitting the other and themselves too for a strong crop. Come see why.

The 3-Sisters Garden is a symbiotic planting strategy. Corn is a heavy feeder, so adding beans provides notrogen & the corn provides a stalk for the bean vine. Squash provides a living mulch to benefit all 3 vegetables. #TexasHomesteader

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Homestead Hack: Propping Tender Seedlings

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by Texas Homesteader ~ 

Here in NE Texas (zone 8) I typically plant heirloom seeds in my ‘Indoor Greenhouse’ in February and transplant those heirloom seedlings into my garden after the danger of frost has passed.

But when I place my tender seedlings in the garden I need to find a way to protect them from the wind. (and free-range chickens)

You know my battle cry: Use Whatcha Got, y’all! Check out this Homestead Hack.

I needed a way for propping tender seedlings to protect them from the wind. You know my battle cry: "Use Whatcha Got!" Come see this Homestead Hack #TexasHomesteader

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Frame-Swap Split for Beehives Doubles Your Hive Numbers!

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Around the end of March RancherMan & I start thinking about splitting our beehives. Splitting a hive accomplishes 2 things – it expands the number of hives in your apiary. (yea!) But it also gives the bees a little elbow room by putting empty frames in each hive allowing for expansion.

You see, if the bees get to thinking things are too cramped, they’ll swarm looking for more space. And that’s something no beekeeper wants since there’s been lots of time & effort into managing their apiary. We did our splits by swapping empty frames for full ones. It was easy!

We did a hive split by swapping frames - then two hives came from just one! We find this frame-swap method helps both hives to recover quicker. #TexasHomesteader

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