Each Sunday – we publish our “Sunday Farm Updates”. The topics vary from week to week and season to season. Planting the garden, raising our chickens, the progress of our little wine vineyard and apple orchard – or the latest building project on the farm. Quite simply, it’s our way of telling the everyday story of building our dream – Old World Garden Farms.
The Sunday Farm Updates:
Just click on any of the links below to read each week’s post:
1/1/2017 Top 10 Photos From The Farm For 2017 – And An Aerial Flyover Tour!
12/25/2016 Merry Christmas World! And A Special Thank You From Old World Garden!
12/18/2016 Christmas Decorating And Winter At The Farm – In Photos
12/11/2016 Creating An Annual Goal List – Setting The Goals To Accomplish Life
12/4/2016 Our All Time Favorite Cookie Poll
11/27/2016 Creating A Homemade Gift Basket, Celebrate Christmas With Love & Food
11/20/2016 The Farm House Photo Tour Update – 45 Days After Move In
11/13/2016 The DIY Scrabble Wall! The $24 Idea That Solved A Decorating Dilemma
11/6/2016 Creating DIY Furniture For The Home – Big Savings With A Unique Look
10/30/2016 Acid Staining Our Concrete Floors – An Expensive Look At Little Cost!
10/23/2016 Creating A Finished Garage On A Shoestring Budget. A Clean, Low-Cost Look
10/16/2016 Autumn Scenes From The Farm – A Photo Tour of Fall’s Beauty
10/9/2017 How To Find Unique Ways To Create Storage Space In A Small Home
10/2/2016 Creating A Tiny Cabin In A Garage – A 264 Square Foot Guest House
9/25/2016 The Simple House Photo Tour Update – One Week Till Move In Day
9/18/2016 Creating An Accent Wall With Reclaimed Barn Wood And Pallets
9/11/2016 The Upside Of Downsizing – Living Smaller Is Living Better
9/4/2016 The Garden Bucket Experiment – A Container Garden Made Easy!
8/28/2016 The Simple House Budget – Thinking Outside The Box To Lower Costs
8/21/2016 Planting Shade Trees, Fruit Trees and Shrubs In The Fall
8/14/2016 The One Must Do Fall Chore – Planting A Cover Crop!
8/7/2016 4 Big Winning Plants From This Year’s Garden!
7/31/2016 A Love Of Gardening and Life – Our Story
7/24/2016 The Simple House Update – Video and Picture Tour
7/17/2016 The Vegetable Garden Tour In Mid July
7/10.2016 6 Big Tips To Keep Tomatoes Healthy In The Summer
7/3/2016 Our Best Time Saving, Weed Free Garden Experiment Ever!
6/26/2016 The Farmhouse Build In 19 Seconds – A Simple House Rises At The Farm
6/19/2016 The Farm In Photos – Gardens, Flowers, And A Home Begins
6/12/2016 Planning To Can and Freeze – Stocking Our Pantry From The Garden
6/05/2016 How We Prune Tomatoes For A Healthy, Productive Crop
5/29/2106 5 Amazing Facts About Honey Bees
5/01/2016 25 Million Reasons To Simplify – Sharing A Chapter Of Our Life
4/24/2016 – Staying Calm Through The Chaos – One House Sells – Another Begins
4/17/2016 – The Secret To A Great Garden – Raised Rows!
4/10/2016 – 5 Great Gardening Tips For New Beginners
4/3/2016 – Unplug, Get Outside, Get Dirty…And Garden
3/27/2016 – The Growing Simple Book – The Dream is Finalized
3/20/2016 – The Recycled Chicken Coop Pallet Project
3/13/2016 – The 3 Secrets To A Weed Free Garden
3/6/2016 – Downsizing Room by Room. Less Space, Less Stuff Equals Less STRESS!
2/28/2016 – The Garden Re-Design – Adding A Little Flair
2/21/2016 – Raising Backyard Chickens – From Chicks to Coop
2/14/2016 – Our Top 7 Veggies To Grow In Our Garden
2/7/2016 – The Keys To Starting Our Seeds Indoors
1/31/2016 – An Urban Farmhouse, Chicken Coop and Garden – A Dream Come True!
1/24/2016 – Eliminating Preservatives From Our Diet
1/17/2016 – The New OWG Website is Up and Running!
1/10/2015 – It’s Time To Say Goodbye – Moving On Is Never Easy!
12/27/2015 4 Simple Life Changing Goals
12/20/2015 Determining What We Can Do – and What We Don’t
12/13/2015 The Growing Simple Book Launch Nears
12/8/2015 The Exit Plan – Preparing To Sell While Building
11/22/2015 The Simple House Floor Plan – Making The Best of a Small Space
11/15/2015 Bringing Back Sunday Dinner
11/8/2015 Creating A Simple Home Design To Live With Less
11/1/2015 What’s In Your Food – Grow It and You Will Know It!
10/25/2015 The 2015 Garden Experiments – What Worked – What Didn’t!
10/18/2015 The .49 Secret To Accomplishing Your Goals and Dreams
10/11/2015 Celebrating the 5th Year Anniversary of OWG
10/4/2015 One Step Closer – The Farm House Journey Begins
9/27/2015 Our Top 4 Veggie Plants From This Year – Reviewing The 2015 Garden
9/20/2015 The Most Versatile, Beautiful, Colorful and Durable Plants We Have Ever Grown
9/13/2015 Putting The Garden To Bed – How To Plant A Cover Crop This Fall! Video Included
9/6/2015 Sharing Our Top 10 Canning Recipes Of The Year!
8/30/2015 Making Open Kettle Garden Chili Over The Fire – A great night at the Farm!
8/23/2015 The Potato Crate Harvest – Growing Potatoes The Easy Way
8/16/2015 Our 3 “Must Plant Fall Crops For The Garden
8/9/2017 The Tomato Bucket Experiment – A New Twist
8/2/2015 The Blazing Colors of Summer – Photos From The Farm
7/26/2015 Canning Season Is Here! The Canning And Preserving List That Feeds Our Family
7/19/2015 Tomato Time – The Best Canning Recipes For All Of Those Tomatoes
7/12/2015 Creating An Outdoor Living Room On A Budget!
7/5/2015 It’s Garlic Season – Harvesting, Curing and Storing Garlic
6/28/2015 Battling The Rain – The Advantages of Raised Row Gardening!
6/21/2015 The 5 Projects That Helped Create Our Farm
6/14/2015 The Farm and Garden In Pictures – Mid-June
6/7/2015 The New Strawberry Patch Is Planted
5/31/2015 We Have Baby Apples!
5/24/2015 Gardening, Fresh Food and A Simple Life -It Works!
5/17/2015 The 2015 Garden Is Planted – A Few Garden Experiments
5/10/2015 Preparing The Garden For Planting Day
5/3/2015 Why Coffee Grounds and Eggs Shells Are A Gardeners Best Friend
4/26/2015 Preparing The Indoor Seedlings For Transplanting Outdoors
4/19/2015 The Pergola Tour Wraps Up – And A Chance To Speak About Gardening
4/12/2015 Creating And Planting A New Strawberry Patch – And Our Favorite Strawberry Recipes!
4/5/2105 Spring Chores – A Little Work Now Pays Off Later!
3/29/2015 A Few New Experiments For This Summers Garden
3/22/2015 Book Tour Cities Announced!
3/15/2015 Preparing For Gardening Season – Starting The Seeds
3/8/2015 The Building of a Dream -Thank You!
3/1/2015 Who Inspired You? Our Story of Inspiration
2/22/2015 Are We Worth It? The Growing Simple Book Launch Project
2/15/2015 OWG Hits The Road – Pergola Style And A Big Announcement
2/8/2015 The Best Tomatoes For Growing, Eating and Canning
2/1/2015 Winter Photos From The Farm
1//25/2015 Buying, Starting and Saving Vegetable Seeds
1/18/2015 8 Must Grow Plants For This Years Garden
1/11/2015 The Goodness of Homemade Bread
12/28/2014 The “Top 24″ Goals – Setting The To-Do List For 2015
12/21/2014 Christmas Night At Grandma’s – A Family Tradition Like No Other
12/7/2014 Santa Claus is Back With His Barn
11/23/2014 Designing Our “Tiny House” for the Farm
11/9/2014 Preparing to Sell – and Feeling the Pain
11/2/2014 Preparing The Honeybees for Winter
10/26/2014 Making Fresh Homemade Spices For Chili, Taco’s, Pizza and More
10/19/2014 Preparing The Chicken Coop For Winter
10/12/2014 The Building of a Farm in 40 Photos
10/5/2014 Doing What You Love – A Valuable Lesson
9/28/2014 The One A Day / 365 De-cluttering Project
9/21/2014 Early Autumn Photos From The Farm
9/14/2014 Collecting Falls Bounty To Make A Compost Pile
9/7/2014 5 Million Reasons To Live A More Simple Life
8/31/2014 The Garden Re-Design Fences, Walkways And More
8/24/2014 Pepper Mania – How To Use All Of Those Garden Peppers
8/17/2014 The Great Potato Crate Experiment
8/10/2014 Summer Photos From The Farm – August
8/3/2014 The Completed Fire Pit Project
7/27/2014 Harvesting Heirloom Tomatoes and Making Pasta Sauce
7/20/2014 Canning From The Garden – Stocking The Shelves
7/13/2014 The Stone Fire Pit Project Begins
7/6/2014 Early Summer Photos From The Farm
6/22/2014 Keeping Potted And Hanging Plants Beautiful All Year Long
6/15/2014 The June Garden Update – Harvesting And More Planting!
6/8/2014 The Start Of The Cabin Project
6/1/2014 Thinning, Trimming and Pruning In The Garden
5/25/2014 Spring Photos From The Farm
5/18/2014 Preparing For Frost And A TV Crew
5/11/2014 Celebrating A Family Of Great Moms
5/4/2014 Sharing Among Family And Friends – Pergolas And Garden Classes
4/27/2014 The Bees Arrive – Along With A Feisty Queen
4/20/2014 5 Ways To Know Garden Season Is Here
4/13/2014 Preparing Indoor Seedlings For Outdoor Life
4/6/2014 Simple Ways To Garden Without Spending Money
3/30/2014 The Building Of A Simple Life
3/23/2014 Building Beehives And Collecting Rain Water
3/16/2014 Farm And Garden To Table – Self Sufficiency
3/9/2014 Preparing For Gardening Season
3/2/2014 An Old Fashioned Barn Raising At The Farm – Well, Cabin Raising.
2/23/2014 Pergolas, Arbors And Garden Structures – Building Our Farm
2/16/2014 Gardening and Canning Classes At The Farm
2/9/2014 Keeping Bees – Adding More Hives To The Farm
2/2/2014 Starting Our Garden Seeds Indoors
2/26/2014 Winter Photos From The Farm
2/19/2014 Using Pallets To Build A Dream
1/12/2014 Building Our Hoop House / Greenhouse On The Cheap
1/05/2014 The Garden Layout and Plan For 2014
12/29/2013 The 2014 Goals List For The Farm
12/22/2013 Making Home Grown and Home Made Gift Baskets
12/8/2013 The Goals List – Reviewing This Year’s Goals
12/1/2013 Taking Care Of Our Honeybees In The Winter
11/24/2013 Thanksgiving At The Farm – 2020
11/17/2013 The Cabin Layout and Design – Phase 2
11/10/2013 Being Prepared – How The Garden Feeds Us Year Round
11/03/2013 Preparing The Garden, Tools And Equipment For Winter
10/27/2013 Preparing The Coop And Chickens For WInter
10/20/2013 A Class Visit To The Farm – Contest Winners
10/13/2013 Our Big Thank You Give Away And Name The Cabin Contest
10/6/2013 The Cabin Project – Creating A Self Sufficient Place At The Farm
9/29/2013 The Beauty Of Fall – The Farm In Pictures
9/22/2013 Growing And Harvesting Popcorn At The Farm
9/15/2013 Growing Simple…Keeping The Fun In Gardening
9/8/2013 What To Do With A Banner Crop Of Peppers
9/1/2013 The Farm Makes Its First TV Appearance!
8/25/2013 The Sensory Project Update
8/18/2013 A TV Crew Comes To The Farm & Fall Planting
8/11/2013 The Power Of The Farms “To Do” List
8/4/2013 What To Do With All Of Those Tomatoes At The Farm
7/28/2103 Eating Fresh From The Garden – Harvest In Full Swing
7/21/2013 Preparing For Canning And Freezing Season
7/14/2013 Building The Hillside Vineyard Pergola
7/07/2013 The Benefits And Ease Of Keeping Chickens
6/30/2013 The Garlic Harvest Begins
6/23/2103 Growing Grapes And Creating A Small Vineyard
6/16/2013 The Farm In Pictures – June’s Blooms
6/2/2013 Finding Ways To Make More Compost
5/26/2013 Battling Frost On The Cheap – And The Farm Expands!
5/12/2013 The Farm Hits 1,000,00, And Exciting Hometalk News!
5/5/2013 The Honey Bees Arrive At The Farm!
4/28/2013 Diggin Holes, Building Fences and Great Neighbors
4/21/2013 The New Chicken Coop Is Completed At The Farm!
4/14/2013 Its Pergola Season At The Farm – Tips To Building Your Own
4/7/2013 The New Chicken Coop Rises And The Farm Comes Alive
3/31/2013 Raccoons, Hens And Bees – But No Bunnies
3/24/2013 Dealing With A Little Sadness At The Farm
3/17/2013 Creating Our Simple And Inexpensive Rain Water Collection System
3/10/2013 The Chicks Are Here!!! – Raising Our New Chicks For The Farm
3/03/2013 The Completed Sensory Garden Plan At The Farm
2/24/2013 Cutting Back And Dividing Ornamental Grasses On The Farm
2/17/2013 Starting Our Seeds Indoors – Let Spring Begin!
2/10/2013 Top 12 Photos From The Farm
2/3/2013 The Barn Pergola Project And Our 1 Year Anniversary
1/27/2013 The Launch Of Old World Garden Vintage
1/20/2013 Chicken Coops and Honey Bees
01/13/2010 – The 2103 Plan For The Garden
01/06/2010 – Keeping Our Chickens Happy In The Winter
12/30/2012 – The 2013 Goals List
12/23/2012 – Winter Arrives At The Farm
12/16/2012 – The Tables Are Up – And 3 “Growing Us” Goals For 2013
12/9/2012 – You Can Park In The Garage Again Honey
12/2/2012 – The Top 5 Goals For The Farm
11/25/2012 – The Silo Rise On The Farm And Saving Money By Saving Seeds
11/18/2012 – Opportunity Comes Knocking On The Farm..On A Table
11/11/2012 -Preparing For Winter At The Farm
11/4/2012 – November Farm Photos And A Wedding
10-28-2012 31 Years Later – A Dream Is Fullfilled
10-21-2012 Fall Embraces The Farm
10-14-2012 Your Building A What For The Farm?
10-7-2012 The Fall Farm In Photos – October
9-30-2012 The Farm Makes The News!
9-23-2012 The Chores Of Fall On The Farm
9-16-2012 Bambi And Friends Strike The Farm
9-14-2012 A Big Week For The Farm and Blog! Happy 100th!
8-31-2012 Canning Is Cool – The Class
8-26-2012 Creating an Outdoor Paradise With A Pergola
8-21-2012 The Beauty, Versatility of Ornamental Peppers
8-12-2012 Building A Sensory Garden For Special Needs Children
8-5-2012 The Farm and Garden In Pictures
8-2-2012 The Barn Party in Pictures
7-30-2012 The Outdoor Kitchen Project Completed!
7-24-2012 A Barn Raising In Photos
7-15-2012 We Will Make No Wine Before It’s Time
7-8-2012 The Farm and Garden In Pictures – July
7-5-2012: The Flag Flies Again – A Piece of History Restored
7-2-2012 Mother Nature Flexes Her Muscle
6-24-2012 Mid-Season Garden Review
6-22-2012 Barn Landscaping Project – Finished On A Dime
6-5-2012 How My Sister, Brother-In-Law and A Mountain caused our Greenhouse Project
6-3-2012: The Farm In Pictures – 1st week of June
6-2-2012: The Barn Pergola Patio Begins
5-29-2012: Poetic Justice. Build It – And It Will Rain
5-26-2012: Have Gutters – Need Rain
5-22-2012: Trenches, Gravel, Drains & Bob The Tool Guy
5-18-2012: Retaining Wall Work – Will It Ever Be Finished?
5-13-2012: A Perfect Mothers Day Family Day
5-12-2012: The Garden In Pictures – May
5-12-2012: Happy First Birthday Girls
5-8-2012: Who We Are – And Why We Do What We Do
5-2-2012: The Cajun Belle Pepper – A great addition to your garden!
5-1-2012: Moving 20 ton of rock into place
4-25-2012: The Groundhog Dilemma
4-18-2012: Looking Back in Time With Photos
3-21-2012: Chickens sentenced to 6 months in a minimum security prison
3-13-2012: The Farm..A Perspective From A 12 Year Old
3-1-2012: Inferno Bread – Why Not To Use Good Baking Bans When Drying Hot Peppers
2-10-2012 – What Are You Building – A Dog House? A Play House? A Chicken What????