While Sarah has her hands full in her new social work position, I’ve settled into a nice little groove here at home. Here’s a short – and very long overdue – report. Garden We’re having...
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I have to admit, I am having so much fun watching the total harvest pounds and dollars add up for 2015. As always, a disclaimer: we aren’t actually selling this produce–just calculating how ...
After almost four months of waiting, the New Year’s Eve half-gallon sauerkraut batch results are in. Drumroll, please…. Kelly proclaims the sauerkraut, ‘perfect,’ ‘fabulous,’ and ‘j...
March was a month of oranges and eggs. It also brought with it three swarms from our hives (that we know of!). I made seven walk-away beehive splits, and carted said splits around in the back of ...
Here’s the belated tally for February’s harvest. Keep in mind, we aren’t actually selling all this produce–just calculating how much we would have had to spend if we had purchased it. Som...
For 2015 I’m adding approximate dollar value calculations to our monthly garden record keeping. I’m also using a new digital scale to better capture weights of small harvests, like herbs. T...
Over the past two days a crew of workers descended on the garden, bringing with them an enormous crane, a cherry picker, good old-fashioned shovels, and soil tamping equipment. Basically, our wor...
City living irritates me. There are so many rules, regulations, and restrictions in the name of ‘safety’ and ‘health’. I tend to think a lot of the limitations have much more to do with p...
http://www.overallgardener.com/the-trouble-with-civilized-living/
Happy New Year to you and your garden/farm/homestead/piece of earth! It was a wonderful year for us in many ways, and we continue to believe that growing food really matters. We are grateful and...
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