A Verdant Spring
Life is happening! We removed the row covers from the strawberries planted last September, and they are blooming like mad. I just love this time of year! Dreams of life and growth and possibility spring forth … Read More »
Honey the way it was meant to be
Life is happening! We removed the row covers from the strawberries planted last September, and they are blooming like mad. I just love this time of year! Dreams of life and growth and possibility spring forth … Read More »
The best introduction to our food forest is here. The forest serves as a unifying structure that all our projects feed into. It also epitomizes our homestead goals of self sufficiency and community service. We use the term “forest” broadly … Read More »
The food forest is going in the side yard, but first I have to deal with a major drainage issue. That culvert in the first photograph collects runoff from 90 or so acres across the street and dumps it into … Read More »
My family had chickens when I was a kid, and Angie wanted to try keeping some, so we fixed up a hen house and bought some day-old chicks. There’s one rooster, a big Dark Brahma who is not overly aggressive … Read More »
My dad kept honey bees and helped me earn the Boy Scout Beekeeping merit badge when I was a kid. I bought my first packages of bees when I was 18 years old, but left them behind when I launched … Read More »
My wife and I started our homestead with two daughters and some bees. Two years later, our two daughters are helping us manage lots of bees, a couple dozen chickens, a big vegetable garden, and the beginnings of a vineyard … Read More »