We labored on Labor Day weekend

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Hey, we have a homestead and winter is coming! While Will was busy cutting a small field of hay a friend had given him,...

I’m five flats into planting squash seeds

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Despite being busy with the typical it's-really-spring outside tasks like cleaning out flower beds, getting the six gardens ready to till and manure, mowing...

Our drought has finally broken

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After all summer of fighting drought, we are finally receiving regular rain. Last night we got nearly ¾ of an inch. The pasture is...

Our first peppers are up!

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After only a week's time, our peppers are popping up like crazy. They seem to love the damp peat pellets, container covered with a...

Everyone’s enjoying the sun

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I noticed our "wild" roosters (the ones who refuse to live in the chicken coop) sitting out in the sun in front of the...