Welcome to the Bloom & Peck blog — real homesteading from a Kentucky backyard.
You’ll find sourdough recipes, garden-to-table cooking, and everything I’ve learned the hard way about growing food.
Erin here. Pull up a chair.
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Winter Sowing Without Milk Jugs (Clamshell Containers Work!)
A Simple Winter Sowing Method Using Recycled Containers Most winter sowing tutorials assume you have milk jugs, but how do you winter sowing without milk jugs? I really…
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7 Best Metal Raised Garden Beds for Kentucky (Zone 7 Tested)
Looking for the best metal raised garden beds for your Kentucky garden? After two seasons of testing raised beds in Adair County’s clay soil and unpredictable weather, I’ve…
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Sourdough Discard Tortillas: My Go-To Low-Iodine Bread Substitute During RAI Prep
If your family is preparing for radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment, finding safe bread alternatives is one of the hardest parts. These sourdough discard tortillas use only LID-safe ingredients…
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Kentucky Fall Garden Planting Schedule: 24 Veggies to Grow
Every fall, I see new Kentucky gardeners ask: “is there a PDF Kentucky Fall Garden Planting Schedule?” I saw a need so I built This free Fall Kentucky…
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How to Grow Cantaloupe on a Trellis in Kentucky – What Worked in my Zone 7 Garden
Growing cantaloupe on a trellis in Kentucky is one of the best vertical gardening decisions I’ve made in my Zone 7 garden — and I almost didn’t try…
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How I Grow Cucumbers on DIY Cattle Panel Trellis in Kentucky, 2 ways
I grew my first cucumbers in a Kentucky raised bed—and honestly? I had no idea what I was doing. That cattle panel trellis I threw together? Pure gold…
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