With the help of friends, we got 275 tomatoes planted in one day
My friends, Dara, her daughter-in-law, Grace, and Heather came over yesterday morning and by mid-afternoon, we had not only planted all of the tomato varieties we'll be growing this year but also got four...
We’re enjoying our spell of sunny, warm weather
Nice weather makes everything go faster and nicer on the homestead, especially this time of the year when we're running around like chickens with their heads cut off. There's so much to do before...
With warmer weather, we are finally able to work outside
We have had temperatures in the sunny thirties so this past weekend we got to work on David and Ashley's new cabin. Although David has been working on a bandsaw mill at his work...
Q and A: watering in hoop houses, blackberry syrup, and oven canning
Watering in hoop houses and blackberry syrup
Since we've had two summers of extremely hot, dry weather, I think the hoop houses might be the new wave of garden success for us. How do you...
It’s springtime crazy around here!
After waiting so long for nice weather, we're making very good use of it! We disbudded all five of our goat kids. That's one of our least favorite homestead jobs but we feel it's...