It has been a long time since we have posted here. Daddy has been busy doing National Guard stuff (Boo!) and Mommy has been busy holding down the fort (Yay!). But we're back with a quick fire post to get us up to date. What is Winne so excited about? Moo's! Not just any moo's.… Continue reading Good to be back
Category: Gardening and Homesteading
Mulching the Orchard
Time is running out before daddy hast to leave for National Guard for a couple weeks. Time is also running out before the hot and dry season is upon us. Trying not to repeat the mistakes of last year, where we lost a number of orchard plants due to drought,we are working on getting all… Continue reading Mulching the Orchard
Wheat and beans
The garden is slowly beginning to take shape. Our winter wheat is coming in very nicely, and we even have seed heads forming. The beans have come in quite satisfactory, unlike most of the rest of the seeds we have planted. We have four trellises worth of blue lake, two trellises worth of purple French… Continue reading Wheat and beans
Winnie Help!
Her "Buck-bucks" wanted to go scratch through the pigs' straw pile, so she helped them out. What comes out, must go in. Eventually we should alter the fence lines so the chickens can forage in the pig pen, but right now they would jsut get out into the driveway and make a mess and then… Continue reading Winnie Help!
Don’t be hasty
We were very excited that the soil temperature had been hovering over 60 for a week, so we got beans and corns in the ground last week. So far so good, then this week has been cool and cloudy, and yesterday we had a full day of, cold, soaking rain, and then a cold wind… Continue reading Don’t be hasty
Mulching the food hedge
 spent a few mornings over the last couple weeks, running loads of wood chips out to the food hedge. Not very time efficient, takes about an hour to load up drive out unload and drive back, but eventually we got it done. This was the most difficult section to mulch, because every shovelful had… Continue reading Mulching the food hedge
Seeds
Carrots, parsnips, onions, beets
In the Shadow
Baby girl is not at all afraid of the geese. As a result, they are afraid of her. She is not afraid because Mommy is watching over her.
Farm moment
A Gardening Kind of Day
After the devastation caused by the slugs, it was time for a garden day. The soil temperature has been hovering between 65 and 70 degrees, and the volunteer squashes have begun popping up where the chickens missed the seeds over the winter (a sure sign that it is warm enough to germinate most seeds). The… Continue reading A Gardening Kind of Day