Homesteading | Self Sufficient Living | Living off the Land
I sure didn't want to be writing this post... But part of being a blogger is allowing you, my wonderful readers, a glimpse into my life-- and that includes both the good and the bad. I've alluded several times in my newsletter, and here on the blog, that I've had a rather bizarre, and quite unproductive gardening year. At first I just thought it was coincidence and that I simply lost the gamble this year... (Because we ...Continue Reading
Isn't it funny how... No matter how successful we become, how much we mature, how many places we go in life... There's still this instinct, a primal urge, to fit in somewhere, somehow. I've been pondering this a lot lately. It's like the high school cafeteria scene, with its neatly-organized tables of jocks, popular girls, and outcasts never really goes away. Rather, the cast of characters just changes clothes (well, most of ...Continue Reading
Barren... That was the first word that crossed my mind when I set out to work on my new kitchen garden this year. It's right under my laundry room window, and is the perfect spot, considering it gets plenty of southern sunlight and is right next to our new porch. However, the soil leaves a little lot to be desired. In fact, I think it probably deserves to just be called 'dirt', not soil. Most of the topsoil there was ...Continue Reading
Planting garlic is easy... Unless you're 34 weeks pregnant, and then I would equate it to running a marathon. In the past, I often took time off from growing a fall garden due to having kids. BUT those pregnancy/early years are behind me now and I've been planting fall gardens more often than in the past. Don't get me wrong, sometimes, life on the homestead gets pretty darn busy and I still don't do much in the garden in ...Continue Reading
I always get a little sheepish when I write posts about gardening. As I've admitted before, gardening just doesn't seem to be my special talent, and I've really struggled growing much of anything the last few years... Last year I excitedly announced my foray into the hugelkultur method. I was oh-so hopeful, but it turned out to be a disaster. Not a single thing grew on my hugelkultur bed. Not even weeds. (And that, my friends, is an ...Continue Reading
