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Mini Garden Makeover and Fall Reset

Published on October 21, 2025October 21, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

How are you doing? I’m praying all is well… everyone here is good. We’ve really enjoyed having a week of reflecting on our blessings, and eating outside was a hit with the weather being just right. We will definitely be observing Sukkot in the future and plan to make a few small changes in the future.

This week, we are taking a breather from school for ‘Life Skills’ as the gardens need a little attention and revamping. I’ve had a vision for part of the garden, and we’ve been working on making it a reality. We haven’t had to buy any materials as we have been repurposing some things that we already had on hand. I am contemplating the purchase of some fencing for the garden, but seeing it come together makes me second-guess that idea.

You may remember the Pallet Gate project that we did a bit ago… this is another baby step towards the goal! We put together a small raised bed just enough to allow the guys an edge to weed eat and maybe save my chives… lol.

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Fall 2025 Permaculture Garden Updates Roundup

Published on October 13, 2025October 9, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

It’s been a bit since I’ve posted any garden updates on the blog… most of them have been going on our YouTube channel so I thought I’d show you what we’ve been up to:

Fall 2025 Garden Reset Part 1
https://youtu.be/g7THA9eob-U

Finding Peace in the Garden
https://youtu.be/V-XHKUtfCBw

Finding Beauty in The Weeds
https://youtu.be/Kmlmc192sTs

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We’re still in the middle of celebrating Sukkot so there hasn’t been a lot of gardening happening. I have a pile of plants to get in the ground and even more seeds to scatter around.

We have several beds to build and areas to clean up… then we plan to make another hoop tunnel to grow on for next year.

We’ve also got plans to build a new chicken coop and convert to old on for quail. We would also like to add some rabbits soon… hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop, and stop… that’s one of Shyanne’s favorite songs.

So many things to get finished but there is only so much time in a day. We just ask God to show us what needs done and ask for the strength and patience to see it through. He provides what we need, when we need it so we consider ourselves extremely blessed.

He will do the same for you, just trust in Him and hand your life over. It’s an amazing experience!

God Bless!

A couple of garden walks

Published on September 16, 2025September 18, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

I love walking through the garden … especially when it’s a little cooler than those crazy temps we had last month.

It is also more enjoyable when there are no mosquitoes or ants to bite me… here are a couple of garden walk videos we’ve done so you can enjoy the garden without breaking a sweat or getting bit!

God Bless

Fall 2025 Garden Prep

Published on September 11, 2025September 9, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog1 Comment

We recently did a video showing a little of how we get ready to reset our gardens for the Fall growing season. We are a little behind schedule but I think we have time to get this cleaned up and planted.

We put the chickens to work to cleaning up the kids’ garden area but they are definitely slower than goats were… not a bad thing but I did like having the bigger animals go through first and then the smaller animals for finishing up but we will work with what we have.

Here’s the video we made showing this: