Like two peas in a pod   Meet Rosemary Chicken, aptly named because I first caught her laying eggs between two rosemary plants, and Kitty, aptly named because he’s a kitty. Rosemary Chicken likes to jump the chicken’s netting and come to […]

We finally have a day that isn’t pouring or storming!  Time to trim some goat hooves. When I started researching how to trim goat hooves a few years back, the websites I found recommended trimming goats’ hooves anywhere from every four weeks […]

Spring is gorgeous.  The plants are waking up, everything is turning green.  The final hump of winter is gone and we can move on from those last, cold days that felt like they were dragging. With that, though, comes spring storms and, […]

It’s spring, that means all of the plants are ready for their trimming.  Or, rather, for me it means that I need to get my bumbum in gear and get everything trimmed before all of the plants are leafed out… for once.  […]

 Comfy privacy These old cat litter boxes have been so wonderful as nesting boxes! They’re durable, movable, and lightweight. In all honesty, when we first built our mobile chicken tractor, we could not figure out an easy way to factor in the […]

  Nothing says that Spring is here better than everything waking up and showing their bedhead after a long winter.  After trimming the figs, I always start some cuttings.  Why not?  It’s easy and figs are delicious! All you’ll need is: Some […]

Figs are the most amazing food.  Not those things at the grocery that try to pass off as figs.  Real, grown to full ripeness figs are like a honey bomb.  My favorite variety is Negronne, found at Jung Seed Company.  It is […]

Spring is on the way, but there are still a few nights expected to hit below freezing.  I’m tired of waiting (I’ve been tired of waiting since February 1!), so let’s get started with a personal salad patch made from a leftover […]

  What are those things?   You’ve probably seen them.  The weird, foam balls that suddenly appear on stems and branches in the later part of summer.  As a kid, you might have taken a stick and stabbed it to see what, […]

With winter setting in, I want to showcase this hoophouse.  The design was an idea inspired from The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Growers Handbook.  We bought a hoop bender from Johnny Select Seeds to shape the metal pipes and criss-crossed rope along the […]