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Apr 21Liked by Strange Sounds

That’s great Manuel! Lovely family! With all the crap that’s sprayed on our vegetables, we too are starting a garden with a neighbor! Blessings and thanks for your awesome stories!

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Apr 21Liked by Strange Sounds

Hurrah! Congratulations to Manuel and his Family, Celebrating your Life’s, Joys!

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Yes it's hard work but soooo satisfying and worth it. You might try wearing gloves when you are using a shovel. I suggest you read Dr. Malone's substack on homesteading. Good luck!

https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/homesteading-a-journey-of-self-sufficiency

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Apr 21Liked by Strange Sounds

I love this episode of Strange Sounds. Back to the basics of family and healthy lives.

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Sweet post!

Thank you

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Apr 21Liked by Strange Sounds

Awesome, time with family, well spent. I wish I could still grow a garden. My soil is contaminated with massive amounts of aluminum, barium, strontium, graphene, polymer fibers etc from the spraying of the skies.

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Apr 21Liked by Strange Sounds

Beautiful family

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Apr 21Liked by Strange Sounds

gloves Manuel, GLOVES! WILL SAVE YOUR HANDS..

Fresh veggies are the best. Congrats to you.

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Apr 21Liked by Strange Sounds

Calluses makes it easier. Thank you for the beautiful family picture! Take care.

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Apr 21Liked by Strange Sounds

Good that you can still do this while it's still legal.

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Apr 21Liked by Strange Sounds

🥰. …to you and your family!

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Love your family! Yes. Gardening is hard work but good for the soul. Check out my Pinching Pansies substack if you ever get a free moment! 😘

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lovely family,hurrah on the garden

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French Intensive Biodynamic gardening method is the best way to grow food ever! We had zero experience with vegetable gardening but got this book and used this method and we had amazing results.

https://www.amazon.com/How-Grow-More-Vegetables-Ninth-dp-0399579184/dp/0399579184/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

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Every year my wife and I put in a garden. 5 to be exact. Approx 25 feet X 100 feet. We sew seeds directly into the ground for most of it. Some, we start in our green house just for a head start. It's a lot of work.

The prep work alone can be and is a lot of work. But in the end, it's well worth it! Fresh veggies are the best and what we can't eat we can for storage. Some we give away. Life's a garden, "dig it" ! GOOD LUCK.

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Love it, Manuel - seeing photos of your wife and beautiful children, your first experiences in actually working in the earth - gardening.

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