May 6, 2016 | Gardening, Special Events, Spring Time, Uncategorized
With mother’s day just around the corner, I thought this weeks post should reflect a bit about just that. Having been a bit under the weather a week ago, I couldn’t help but think about not ever remembering my mother being sick. If she was, we never knew...
Apr 22, 2016 | Gardening, Spring Time, Uncategorized
Earth Day at the farm marks the week for farm clean up and spring cleaning outside. Some time was spent removing the winter insulation and clearing debris off and away from the bee hives. During the last wind storm the plastic on one of my greenhouse ripped off in one...
Apr 17, 2016 | Gardening, Homesteading Skills, Spring Time, Uncategorized
With warmer weather in the forecast, finally, it is officially time to start the annual biodynamic process of prepping the fields and gardens for planting. We use The Josephine Porter Institute For Applied Bio-Dynamics for our applied biodynamics and they provide...
Apr 14, 2016 | Homesteading Skills, Spring Time, Uncategorized
My days off this week were spent catching up. I caught up on some rest, reading, and spring planning. Part of that planning is around upcoming school vacation and what tasks do I have that I can put my two boys to work on. As a child I remember the annual spring...
Apr 8, 2016 | Homesteading Skills, Uncategorized
A friend of mine once showed me a picture of a village home in Nepal. The frame was built with wood, but then covered with a variety of material similar to cobb. On this one particular picture I noticed a large protrusion, almost like a huge chaga mushroom growing off...
