The weather here as of late has been less than my favorite. Wintry, cold, grey…occasionally a 70degree day tossed in just to remind us how much we love to be outside and having the windows open. the oppressive grey. Blah. And, even though...
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We work them around here. They don’t earn their keep, and they’re not always cheery, but they work. They are paid in food and shelter and really great birthdays. And when other kids visit their faces light up and they squeal at the...
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Some months later… This blog has not become what I’d expected since we moved to our new homestead. It has been a little desolate these last few months. As I’ve confessed before, it’s such a daunting thing to wrap my head...
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I’ll likely never feel like we have homeschooling all figured out. People sometimes ask me for advice, or what we do, or how we make it work…well, I’m always intimidated by these questions. Someday, when everyone has grown...
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Timbering on the Homestead Since we moved into our new place we’ve known that taking down trees to make way for the sunlight in the garden is necessary. Hence the timbering. Based on accessibility and Permaculture zone systems we also knew...
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Our First Behind the Scenes Bees Hive Tour Even with 7 years as beekeepers we still feel like ‘new-bees’. When it comes to understanding all the dynamics of the bees or honeybee it is really hard. But, we’re thrilled to answer...
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Permaculture’s hugelkultur We’re making an effort to embrace and learn permaculture systems by incorporating them in our homestead as much as possible. Permaculture embraces ways that work with nature, not against–utilizes the...
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Putting up Goat Fence on Hilly Wooded Terrain. In the last few weeks it’s been all about the fence. We’re about ready for some goats, and for their sake the fence has to be just right–from what we’ve read they think like...
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Our Spring Planting and Planning is well underway. Well it’s about as cold as it ever is in our region, some nights in the 20s, and a little snow too. But, thanks to our little greenhouse and child labor we’ve got our spring garden...
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someone turned 8 since the last post. When I take long breaks from the blog I get nervous about what to say next. Like, it’d better be important, meaty and enthralling or the people of the e-verse will wonder why I’d bothered...
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If you haven’t watched every season of Friday Night Lights I suggest you do. Now. I’m not sure why a drama about a high school football team hit so close to home for me, but you just can’t help but root for the team, for the...
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We participated in our first Farmer’s Market, the South Elm Urban Market, this past Sunday. It was fantastic, and only encouraged us to try more. Naomi and Leviah loved it, as did Drew and I. Honey was a huge hit, we offered a sampling to...
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