It’s been awhile since posting here on this poor, neglected blog. In case you don’t follow me elsewhere online, we moved out of our little old home in the suburbs back in late April and into a manufactured home on four acres outside town. It was a spontaneous decision in some ways, and long overdue…
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Pumpkin, Butternut and Acorn
On Tuesday (November 5th) we welcomed these three little balls of fluff into our home to join our flock of backyard chickens. I should mention, this is the first time we’ve ordered chicks from a hatchery rather than running to the nearest feed store, and this is also the first time we’ve attempted to raise…
In the Garden: Spring 2019 Recap
Hello and welcome! Today’s post is a little different than my usual thing. The videos I make and everything else I put out on my blog and social media are first and foremost a creative outlet for me and a way to document parts of our lives, so in the future I’ll be expanding the…
June Recap
It’s been a mild summer so far. Only the spinach has bolted, and I didn’t bother growing arugula this year or it would have bolted by now too. I typically have awful luck growing greens, but my lettuces have been doing well in their partially shady location, so we’ve been eating lots of salad. I…
Extending the Flock (Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme)
So, today we brought home some chicks. We have a Welsummer, an Easter Egger, a Blue Laced Wyandotte and a Gold Laced Wyandotte, and right now they’re peeping away quietly in our spare bathroom, which is where they’ll stay for the next two weeks or so until we can get a more permanent home set…
The Year of the Tomato
We went a little crazy with the food preservation this year. Jams and fruit butters of all kinds, dilly beans, tomatoes (and more tomatoes, and more tomatoes). Our chest freezer is now so full of garden food that we have to stack a box on top to keep the lid down. Lets hope the power…