Finally, Homegrown Strawberries!
We have one 12 foot bed of strawberries and they are finally starting to ripen. We have picked about 4.5 lbs so far, but these are the everbearing variety, so we'll hopefully be in strawberries all...
View ArticleDIY 55 Gallon Compost Tea Brewer
We had been brewing compost tea in 5 gallon buckets and it was a bit of a chore. We set up a 55 gallon plastic drum at the top of the garden for brewing bigger batches of compost tea. We found a...
View Article2018 Summer Garden Picts
This years garden is in full swing and I am harvesting fruits and vegetables everyday. View from the top of the garden looking down.View from the bottom of the garden looking up.
View ArticleSarah's Appalachian Trail Adventure
Sarah went hiking on the Appalachian Trail this June for about 2 1/2 weeks. She started on the approach trail to Springer Mountain, GA and ended her hike at the Nantahala Outdoor Center near Bryson...
View ArticleBook Recommendation - How Not To Die
You've probably heard the quote "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food" from Hippocrates over 2300 years ago. This book is the modern scientific embodiment of that statement. When it comes...
View ArticleThe Old Truck
We use our 4 wheel drive truck for hauling manure from a neighbors horse stables, picking up mulch from the local sawmill, hauling building supplies, pulling out tree stumps, and getting wood from the...
View ArticleChicken Attacked
A fox attacked one of our hens and this is what we found. The hen survived. Our dog took off after fox, but it got away. It happened again a couple days later with the same outcome. The chickens are...
View ArticleAdventures in Winemaking
A friend of ours gave us buckets full of red grapes. We had wanted to make wine from our own grapes, but we didn't have a large enough harvest this year. We had already done some reading on the subject...
View ArticleStarting The Spring Garden
We planted seeds indoors for broccoli, brussels sprouts, red cabbage, cauliflower, spinach, and pink celery. We are trying new pots - they are designed for growing orchids, I think - they are 3" black...
View ArticleMake Your Own Bacon From The Garden - Vegan Eggplant Bacon Recipe
We love to eat BLT sandwiches and have been looking for a good plant based alternative to bacon. Here is our current favorite made from eggplant. The finished bacon freezes well although it will lose...
View ArticleNew Mini Orchard Planted
We bought 12 new trees in March and have them all planted out in a clearing we made leading towards the back of the property. We planted three each of pecan, peach, fig, and plum. morning sun doesn't...
View ArticleGetting Ready For New Bees
We are getting new bees in May after our disastrous first attempt a few years ago. We are putting a fresh coat of paint on a langstroth hive to house them in rather than putting them in our old top bar...
View ArticleDIY Berkey Water Filter
Our Pur water filter that was attached to our kitchen faucet broke after about 8 years of use. After some research we decided to build our own Berkey water filter. Each Black Berkey filter is rated for...
View ArticleNew Amendments To Our Garden Soil - DIY Complete Organic Fertilizer
We create our own compost every year for our garden. We also collect horse manure by the pickup truck load from neighbors and let it age for months before use in our garden beds. Our garden soil looks...
View ArticleNew Bees Installed
We purchased a 5 frame nuc from The Bee Barn in Padukah, Kentucky. Installing the bees in our Langstroth hive was as easy as sliding in the nuc frames and putting the hive cover on. The hive is right...
View ArticleGarlic harvest
We planted well over 100 cloves of grocery store garlic last fall (October). In the last couple weeks the bottom few leaves have started to brown and some of the stalks were lying down, which is a sure...
View ArticleBlack-eyed Susans
Last year Sarah planted a few, just a few, Black-eyed Susans under a pear tree in the garden. Now we have a beautiful explosion of Black-eyed Susans.
View ArticleStihl MS250 Chainsaw Rebuild
I bought a Stihl MS250 chainsaw on craigslist for $40. The seller was honest about the condition of the chainsaw and said it had no compression and he was selling it as a non-working parts saw. He...
View ArticleMaking Wine From Our Grapes
Last year a friend gave us buckets of grapes and we successfully made 5 gallons of red wine, which we posted about titled Adventures In Winemaking.This year we harvested enough of our own grapes to try...
View ArticlePear Harvest...Finally!
We have 3 pear trees that we planted a few years ago, which until now have yielded no fruit. This year we have a decent amount of fruit on two of the three.We harvested 25 lbs of pears off of one tree....
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