Gardening, Cooking & DIY Living
5 years ago this weekend (October 9th to be exact), we fired up a tiny walk behind brush cutter and began our dream of creating a little space to call our own. We didn’t know much – but we knew
I really have no idea where the summer went! It seems like just a few weeks ago we were putting the tomato and pepper plants in the ground while watching the first of our popcorn seeds push up through the cool spring
All of those cold winter days are now just an unpleasant memory. June has arrived, and with it – the farm has come alive with beautiful blooms, buzzing bees, growing grapes, clucking chickens -and a growing garden! As we try
Someone somewhere needs to explain to Mother Nature that we should not be battling frost a few days before June! But there we were on Friday night, and again last night – covering every single at-risk garden plant and flower from
The seed trays in the indoor seed stand are filled with our starter soil and are ready to be planted. The new chicken coop framework is complete and lays stored in the garage, waiting to be built. The design for
Fall is in full swing and is changing the scenery at the farm. Both the Sangria and Poinsettia Ornamental Pepper plants have finally succumbed to the hard freeze and frosts of mother nature in the past week. We picked
Today marks an anniversary for our little blog – our 100th post! Since starting the blog about 8 months back on a cold day in February – we never imagined how far it would come in such a short time.
No – you are not seeing double – and no this isn’t a repeat post. By now, most of you who follow know that our dream of a completely self sufficient farm is helped along by our little pergola business
Our little farm is actually easy to miss as you drive by the main road. Nestled down in a small valley – and surrounded by some other barns, a couple houses and open land – it’s pretty easy to drive
Just like that – July is in the books and here we are already in August. That means it’s time for our monthly picture taking walk around the garden and farm. We still have had consistent temperatures in the 90’s