Homesteading with Jackie Clay
Oh my, do we ever have weeds
This is just to let you folks know that everything isn't always perfect in our six gardens, either. Yes, we do struggle with weeds. We try to keep ahead of them by cultivating and...
I think we’re done planting
Finally. Well, kind of. I still want to plant some sunflowers and more cucumbers when Will hauls out a couple more trellises for Suyo Long cucumbers to climb on. I like my cucumbers straight...
Wow, it’s both cool and rainy today
But that's a good thing, as our friend Heather is saving my life by weeding in the hoop house, among our sweet peppers, which were overcome by Lamb's Quarter weeds. In there, it's not...
I’m back to the living again
Yep, Will got the solar powered golf cart working for me. I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate that and use it every single day. Yes, I do walk and exercise...
I’m having a sad day
Yesterday, when I jumped on my solar-powered golf cart to run out to the Wolf Garden to plant more beans, my trusty garden cart didn't take off like usual. It kind of went up...
Holy cow, are we ever busy right now!
People ask us what we do with our spare time and we just blink and say "sleep." Honestly, there is no spare time, as we're going crazy, planting. After all, two old timers hand-planting...
It finally rained!
After weeks without rain, we were so very thankful that we had two days and nights with at least a decent partial rain. All totaled, we got about ¾ of an inch. But boy...
We’re planting garden in just about dust
But we pray daily for a good rain to get things going once it is planted. I went with our friend, Tom, who helped us so much after Bob died, when we were building...
It’s still hot and dry at the homestead
We've been planting like crazy every single day, from morning until dark. I got in dozens of 100-foot rows of beans, both pole and bush, quite a few rows of squash, about a half-acre...
Our dry weather continues
Boy, we could sure use some rain! The upside of this dryness is that we've got all the gardens tilled up twice, with manure spread in between tillings. As Will and I do nearly...
