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...
Apr 1, 2016 | Fiber Studio, Gardening, Spring Time, Uncategorized
I spent my free time this week getting ready for our first annual Guild Open House, which is coming up this weekend. The green house seedlings are sprouting, last years licorice, goji berry and rosemary bushes survived the winter and are showing strong leaf growth....
Mar 24, 2016 | Farming in Winter, Spring Time, Uncategorized
Better late then never for an update of my days off. Besides some more greenhouse planting, feeding the bees, and preparing for milking season with my goats, I spent a fair amount of time reflecting on my barn. A great deal of my time of during this season, is spent...
Mar 18, 2016 | Spring Time, Uncategorized
This week brought more baby lambs and our first goat kids, dairy and pygmy. The count so far is 17 lambs and 3 kids. Wednesday I spent a few hours putting up fencing for the sheep and goats grazing the pastures. Managing pastures is one of the full time jobs that both...
Mar 18, 2016 | Farming in Winter, Gardening, Uncategorized
I realized after this weeks two day off series that I have a problem, or perhaps a condition. I love getting things done, actually seeing how many things I can get done in a day. I think my kids will agree with me on this and a few of them actually suggested I could...
