We are at the mid-point of closing down the garden for winter. We are spreading a giant piles of woodchips across the beds, mucking out...

Being relatively new to canning and storing food from our garden, we've now realized that we've been over canning each season (despite...

As summer winds down, we will be taking stock of our Year of the Perennials. First up is our attempt at growing lavender. Like many of...

I do not usually just post photos, but took a couple of nice ones that highlight our summer... I tried my hand at small-scale flower...

We are in the midst of mite treatment for our three beehives, so it seems like a good time to summarize our 2024 honey season. To start,...

Time to start thinking about winter. We use straw as bedding for our chicken coop and for the nesting boxes. During the spring and...

Pretty sure there's just one of my new hens that's laying blue/green eggs - but it's fun to see!

My neighbor gave me some tomatoes today and I'm looking forward to making tomato sandwiches as my main sustenance for the next week or so....

I've gathered eggs using my shirt as a "pouch"; I've gathered eggs using the pockets in my sweaters and jackets (which can be dangerous...

"Back to Eden" gardening is the long-term goal for our garden (my perspective). The purported benefits of the gardening method almost...

With all the rain this summer, the garden has become its usual unkempt self. Weeding is still difficult, but the vegetables are starting...

Last week, we harvested our garlic. We succession-plant bush beans, which was one of this weekend's tasks. The variety we plant mature in...

We have a few side projects going on this summer. These are fun little things we are trying on a small scale, to see how they may fit...

On Wednesday of this week, I traveled an hour plus to get our last three pullets of the season: a Russian Orloff (front), a Blue Maran...

This picture of our garden was taken a week ago on July 6. We planted this garden between May 31 and June 7. With all of the rain we've...

Picking snow peas for the second time today (the first time was only 4 hours prior) reinforced some important life tools for me today. In...

At any one picking, we're not getting a "ton" at this point; however, we are having fun with what we are getting. Today, we picked Black...

The average precipitation for Richland County is about 5 inches. Last summer, we were lucky to have gotten an inch of rain in June, and...

I walked all the way around the hay field and checked out all of the tried and true black cap plants near our house. This is all that I...

The second time was the charm. The first attempt at trying to integrate new pullets to our existing flock was terrible (all kinds of...