A Seedy Sunday

I tell myself not to go overboard when starting seeds. After all, work, both on the farm and off takes up a lot of time. And the whole trying to make time to be social and to exercise thing, oh and take care of elders, makes me feel like I have actually very little free …

Beautiful Weather

Lots of good weather happening these days. It makes me think spring is just around the corner. Maybe we will be lucky this year and everything will be early? Maybe climate change will increase our growing season? I say that in the moment, knowing things will be swinging drastically all around. It really is unpredictable …

Cabinitis (aka Cabin Fever)

There was a lot of good rain through the night and most of the day today. Some of it was quite heavy. But not heavy enough to cause the river to surge forth and escape its bank. And I am okey with that. I was eventually rewarded in the late afternoon with some dramatic cloudscapes. …

Deciding When Is the Hardest Part

Some would think the physical labor would be the most difficult part of gardening. Well, that can be. But honestly, the physical can be as easy or as difficult as we chose depending on how you want to garden and if you are looking for a big project to do or something simple like tossing …

Make Hay While the Sun Shines

Or rather, make compost. Whatever. The sun was shining, so I got a bit done outside because that kind of thing is kind of rare this time of year. Now the coop is cleaned out, and nest boxes deep cleaned, as well as the goat stall. I got some blocks moved to the new garden …

Gentle rain for us, I’ll take that!

For a change, we are getting gentle rains. Some winds, but nothing out of the ordinary for this time of year. It's just nice to have less flooding. Maybe I am just getting used to the winters here at last. I've learned how to deal with them. Rainy days, I spend time walking. Not rainy …

Food Forests?

I haven't sat down to really study the whole concept of food forestry, but I have read a few articles in magazines now and then in the last few years. As someone who is fascinated by forests and foraging it is a concept that appeals to me a lot. Basically, it is the art of …

Seeds, of course.

You know, I can't help but start seeds and plants during the dark of the year. When rain keeps me inside more than out, and the short days just need some cheer. As it's just one of those dark, wet days, it was the perfect time to pull out a few seeds I generally don't …

The Witch Trees Needs Witch Hazel.

Of course. I am finding it fun to find "witch-y" themed plants. So, I ordered one not long ago and it finally arrived. It's pretty much just a stick with a few roots on it, so I planted it into a 1-gallon plastic pot for the time being. It's also medicinal, so that is the …

Monday Madness

Sometimes I start seeds not on a Sunday. With the weather so off and on storms I decided to catch up on some seed starting. The other sunday I kind of skipped starting a bunch of seeds, so I decided to do those on Monday. That is after I found myself a short term fish …