May 6, 2016 | Gardening, Special Events, Spring Time, Uncategorized
With mother’s day just around the corner, I thought this weeks post should reflect a bit about just that. Having been a bit under the weather a week ago, I couldn’t help but think about not ever remembering my mother being sick. If she was, we never knew...
Apr 22, 2016 | Gardening, Spring Time, Uncategorized
Earth Day at the farm marks the week for farm clean up and spring cleaning outside. Some time was spent removing the winter insulation and clearing debris off and away from the bee hives. During the last wind storm the plastic on one of my greenhouse ripped off in one...
Apr 17, 2016 | Gardening, Homesteading Skills, Spring Time, Uncategorized
With warmer weather in the forecast, finally, it is officially time to start the annual biodynamic process of prepping the fields and gardens for planting. We use The Josephine Porter Institute For Applied Bio-Dynamics for our applied biodynamics and they provide...
Apr 14, 2016 | Homesteading Skills, Spring Time, Uncategorized
My days off this week were spent catching up. I caught up on some rest, reading, and spring planning. Part of that planning is around upcoming school vacation and what tasks do I have that I can put my two boys to work on. As a child I remember the annual spring...
Apr 8, 2016 | Homesteading Skills, Uncategorized
A friend of mine once showed me a picture of a village home in Nepal. The frame was built with wood, but then covered with a variety of material similar to cobb. On this one particular picture I noticed a large protrusion, almost like a huge chaga mushroom growing off...
Apr 1, 2016 | Fiber Studio, Gardening, Spring Time, Uncategorized
I spent my free time this week getting ready for our first annual Guild Open House, which is coming up this weekend. The green house seedlings are sprouting, last years licorice, goji berry and rosemary bushes survived the winter and are showing strong leaf growth....
Mar 24, 2016 | Farming in Winter, Spring Time, Uncategorized
Better late then never for an update of my days off. Besides some more greenhouse planting, feeding the bees, and preparing for milking season with my goats, I spent a fair amount of time reflecting on my barn. A great deal of my time of during this season, is spent...
Mar 18, 2016 | Spring Time, Uncategorized
This week brought more baby lambs and our first goat kids, dairy and pygmy. The count so far is 17 lambs and 3 kids. Wednesday I spent a few hours putting up fencing for the sheep and goats grazing the pastures. Managing pastures is one of the full time jobs that both...
Mar 18, 2016 | Farming in Winter, Gardening, Uncategorized
I realized after this weeks two day off series that I have a problem, or perhaps a condition. I love getting things done, actually seeing how many things I can get done in a day. I think my kids will agree with me on this and a few of them actually suggested I could...
Mar 18, 2016 | Fiber Studio, Gardening, Uncategorized
My boys and I brought in the incubator and filled it with 20 random eggs from our chickens. By the second week in March I should be seeing some hatching. Hatching eggs always reminds me of the story a few years back during one of our open houses. The farm is open to...
