Oh, no! Leaves turning yellow? Hardly any, if any, flower buds? Your lemon tree might need a fertilizer boost. Lemon trees, in general, prefer slightly acidic and well drained soil.  One trick that I do is pour my left over coffee (black!  […]

When we first signed up to be fosters for animals at the local humane society, our family planned on only fostering dogs and puppies.  However, kitten season means the shelter gets multiple calls a day for kitten intakes.  Many of those kittens […]

When most people think of chives, they picture the grassy plant with pink, puffball shaped flowers.  There are, in  fact, two main varieties of chives:  Onion chives and garlic chives.  Both are members of the Allium family. Onion chives have the pink […]

  When we first moved to the farm, there was only a small pole barn.  At 30 foot by 40 foot and with a cement floor, we decided to use half of it for hay storage and placed large, rubber mats on […]

Num num!   Back in March, I made a post talking about trimming figs to optimize fig production rather than leaf production, Trimming Fig Trees.  So, after trimming my trees, how were the figs producing? Let’s see: These pictures are from July.  […]

The delicious Pawpaw  A yummy fruit native to eastern North America The first time my husband saw a pawpaw lying on the ground in our woods, he cupped it in his hands like it was a magical diamond and brought it to […]

That is a frog climbing up my kitchen window…  And it isn’t the first one. Fun fact of living on a farm:  You WILL have animals of all kinds visit, climb, burrow, and chill-ax in and around your house.  We’ve seen it […]

 Where, oh where, can she be?   Can you see her? How about a closer look? There she is! Meet Bully, so named because of how she likes to pick on any chicken who comes in her way of a delicious snack. […]

While there are many benefits of collecting rainwater, I’m going to dive into the main two for our farm: Plant and goat health Let’s start with plant health: Rainwater is free from the normal chemicals found in city/county water, like chlorine, fluoride, […]

Collecting rainwater is great for saving on the water bill.  Especially once the rain storms slow, or even stop, and you can use the stored supply of rainwater for plants or animals instead of city/county water. Rainwater collecting has become very popular […]