Next week I am starting seeds!! I am starting seeds and I am NOT ready…. I am not ready at all. Let me show you our seed starting set up from last year… We had a nice grow tent nestled into our kitchen’s cubby. Filled with giant grow lights and potted plants. We had plastic… Continue reading Seedling Setup
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Buzzy buzzy bee buzz
This past weekend we got to go to a beekeeping workshop, hosted by MOFGA. It was a beautiful (cold) winter day, spent inside learning from an experienced beekeeper. He reviewed how to get bees and instal them into hives, what equipment to get and what books to read, when to add supers and how to… Continue reading Buzzy buzzy bee buzz
2020 Crop Plan
Here it is. The thing I’ve been working on for daysss. The thing that all the books tell you to make. The thing that made me order an outrageous amount of greens. That’s right, folks. It’s my crop plan. The plan that will feed me, my family, and some lucky folks in my community in… Continue reading 2020 Crop Plan
Growing our own meat.
I love meat. It is delicious. It fills me up. And to be honest… I don’t like vegetables that much. I will eat them, of course, and prepared *just right* they are delicious. But meat is more delicious. Bacon, leg of lamb, chicken cooked **just** right. Yum. My mouth is starting to water. But in… Continue reading Growing our own meat.
Winter time
It’s officially winter time on the farm. Some people think that it’s still fall, but I whole-heartedly disagree. I know that it is not even mid November, BUT we have had three snow storms and two power outages. We have lit up the wood stove and turned up our heat. I don’t know why its… Continue reading Winter time
Vampires – Away!!
Keep the vampires AWAY from here, please! This the season to do so… What do I mean? Thats right – GARLIC. Tis the season to plant garlic! Some might think it’s too late. Some might think its to early. I think there’s no time like the present. Our little homestead is located in zone 5b.… Continue reading Vampires – Away!!
Next Years Garden
Next year, next year. I can’t believe it is already time to begin planning for next year. There are only TWO more months in 2019, my dear readers. Daylights savings time is this weekend! I can’t believe it, but I am excited for what’s to come. This year, our garden didn’t do as well as… Continue reading Next Years Garden
OUR HOUSE
Sabine, where have you been? Why haven’t you written? Can you really be a homesteading queen if the world doesn’t know it? Let me tell you, my dear readers. For the last three months we have been painters. Not farmers. Maybe homesteaders. But we have definitely been painters. Our gardens have gone unweeded, our sheep… Continue reading OUR HOUSE
Am I a farmer yet?
Last weekend was the Common Ground Fair. The best fair of the season, if you ask me. There are no rides, no demolition derbies, no fried dough. I kid on that last one – of course there is fried dough, but it is 100% organic. At least that is what they advertise. Look at that!… Continue reading Am I a farmer yet?
Farm Dog
“Lets get a giant dog. It’ll be fun. We’ll teach him to pull a cart.” Ha; the things I am convinced of. We have had Baxter for 13 months now. Happy belated birthday to him! He weighs 130 pounds and is not quite house trained. Oh, and he chews on my nice wooden furniture. He… Continue reading Farm Dog