They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
It is getting very cold and wet out there most days, so we decided to pull the remaining onions and bring them in to dry so they don’t rot. Most of them are pretty small, which is why we didn’t pick them earlier. Ellie Belle did the honors of picking them and stacking them on… Continue reading Bringing in the Onions
The oats are up! Actually these pictures are a few days old. you can see the two beds on the left have the best stands, but all of them came in really well. If they grow well they will be ready for harvest around August next year. As you can see, some volunteer radishes decided… Continue reading Oats!
Well folks, we designed it, built it, and used it in a single afternoon! https://youtu.be/sbupYC_7WAM
Yesterday was a busy day, we were racing to get the buckwheat harvested and under cover before the rain. We got it off the ground, but only by chopping it up with the lawnmower, and bagging it, and then dumping it on a tarp in the shop. Threshing by hand is just too slow, An… Continue reading Building a Winnowing Frame
It was a little late, some of the seeds had already started to drop on the ground, but we finally got to it. Amaranth is a flowering, pseudo grain, it produces a very tiny seed. Actually, come to think of it about the size of a mustard seed. Pretty drama, free to grow, and harvesting… Continue reading Harvesting Amaranth
It has been a crazy busy and stressful week/weekend/week so far. Too much going on. Quick update, the house garden is completely taken out except for the tomatoes. One clearing the beds we found we had an issue with tree roots. There’s a large old maple in the yard, and apparently, when we extended the… Continue reading Sowing Oats
Busy day in the garden today. Still having issues with blossom end rot on the tomatoes, and then, with all the rain we’ve gotten for the last two days a bunch of them are starting to split. Pigs made out like bandits. Still several quarts worth saving. Ellie washed them and we cored them to… Continue reading I been picking beans
Busy day, yesterday. Daddy, Seppi and Papa hooked up the trailer to Papa's big truck and drove south to Adna. We bought some straw bales from the same lady we bought them from last year. Don't go without Seppi! Of course, nothing ever goes quite smoothly. The jack on the trailer was broken so we… Continue reading The Man Trip
It has turned cool and rainy this week. Time to get the onions out of the ground so they can dry out. Mommy and Seppi and Ellie pulled them and put them on shelves in the shop. Good harvest this year, most of them a pretty large size. We should get a greenhouse so we… Continue reading Onions as big as your head
Little Farm in the Big City 