There was a farmer, had a blog...

Been keeping busy here on the homestead, as one does, since the work just won't wait. In addition to the post snow-melt clean up and t...

Radish and vetch Cover crops coming up, temps rising too.  Birds hatching, birds brooding, rabbits shedding... time to get back to work....

Step 1:  Pork

The literal fruits of our labors and the inevitable trying to keep the literal spoils to a minimum. It's hard not to love this time ...

Oh yes, "wascillwy" indeed. We have had rabbits for 16 months or so now, since April 2014. Within that time there is a story o...

2015's storage pickles are starting earlier this year. Last September  we talked about oven pickles but I never did some back to tal...

My very favorite seasonal decorations. Depicted here:  Argentina Peppers, basil, mullein

Going outside in the morning to check on the animals is NOT a time when I want surprises.  Too many of them have been bad over the years.  S...

It Rained today. (continued)

After moving compost and manure for yet another double reach bed I decided that taking a walk to appreciate the work done past and present w...

A few minute "look" into some of the goings on today. With appearances by: Baby birds (5 weeks old), baby bunnies (5 weeks old...

Something in the compost is even more interesting than fresh grass... I don't wanna know. So much changes with the beginning of spr...

Learning new things was never so tasty. 20° with heavy winds today... better bake more * sigh *

We're running out of room above the snow line. Soon we'll be living in tunnels, devolving into sad blind creatures surviving on not...