Starting Over, One Stitch, One Seed, and One Bird at a Time

Welcome to Duffney's Bird Barn If you've found your way here, welcome. I'm so glad you're here. My name is Misty, and I'm the creator behind Duffney's Bird Barn. I'm a mom, crocheter, bird lover, gardener, and someone who is still figuring things out one day at a time. This blog is where I'll be sharing a little bit of everything—backyard poultry, crochet projects, gardening adventures, homestead life, and the occasional lesson I've learned the hard way. Most importantly, I want this to […]

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Just starting your growing adventure? 🌱 Here are 5 easy veggies to get you going: lettuce, radishes, tomatoes, zucchini (courgette!), & green beans. Quick to grow & super rewarding! #gardening #beginnergardener #growyourown

Just starting your growing adventure? 🌱 Here are 5 easy veggies to get you going: lettuce, radishes, tomatoes, zucchini (courgette!), & green beans. Quick to grow & super rewarding! #gardening #beginnergardener #growyourown

Nature teaches me so many lessons that I aspire to apply to my life, my spirit, and my relationships with others.
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"Gardeners, I think, dream bigger dreams than do emperors."
Mary Cantwell
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So far in the garden, 5/21
kalanchoe or stonecrop, not sure which, rescued by dividing and rooting in soil, now with fresh roots put together into one container.
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So far in the garden, 5/21
White Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides) - ALSO cut way back expected dead, 2 leaf diseases plus bugs, yet it returns! No images for reference tho
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So far in the garden, 5/21
Chinese Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) - cut way back expected dead, 2 leaf diseases plus bugs, yet it returns! images 2 shows what it looked like 2 years ago
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So far in the garden, 5/21
Candelabra Aloe (Aloe arborescent), Autograph Tree 'Green Magic' (Clusia rosea), & Foxtail Fern 'Myersii' (Asparagus densiflorus)
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