How you doin’, garden?

by | Mar 24, 2009 | Garden, Homesteading Life

You might recall in my last garden update (20 days ago exactly) that we had finished tilling our raised beds, had the majority of the weeds out of them and were basically just waiting for the last frost to pass by or to get our tunnels built before we put anything in...

Leave no seed behind!

by | Nov 7, 2008 | Garden, Homesteading Life

I made the journey into our garden today and was relieved that I didn’t want to run screaming from it as soon as I opened the back door of the barn. Unfortunately (and sometimes fortunately), we cannot see our garden from the main house…only when we walk...

Blackberry foraging, Part 1

by | Aug 16, 2008 | Food, Homesteading Life

When we took Ayla for a walk this morning, we grabbed a couple of Tupperware containers and carrying bags so we could raid the blackberry bushes near our standard walking area. We picked for about 30 minutes I guess, canvasing a pretty large area of berry bushes and...