Farm Journal

Monday, June 14, 2021

It’s been a wild week in the animal kingdom, kicked off by the possum that drowned in my fish emulsion. The squirrels have continued to ratchet up their destruction, so we finally got the squirrelnat…

#Ducks #Animals #Wild Plants #Cob

Monday, June 7, 2021

Squash and teparies in the meadow have sprouted finally, and I’m hoping the squirrels don’t destroy them too soon. The damn squirrels have already gotten into the meadow garden and tunneled under som…

#Building #Planting #Animals #Meadow Garden #Carving

Monday, May 31, 2021

The ground squirrels have decided to claim this land as their own. Anywhere a squirrel could conceivably dig a hole, a squirrel has done so (especially in and around newly planted trees and berries).…

#Ducks #Planting #Building #Carving

Thursday, May 27, 2021

I’ve been attempting an alternative gardening approach since we’ve run out of room in the beds -- I call it the plant shit anywhere there’s a slim to reasonable chance of finding water method... I di…

#Workshops #Failures #Building #Fermentation

Monday, May 24, 2021

We held a knot tying workshop on Saturday, which went really well. There were only 7 or so people there, which ended up being a good thing, as you benefit from some 1 on 1 help with spatially difficu…

#Wild Plants

Friday, May 21, 2021

This week has consisted of mainly boring tasks that needed to get done. I’ve worked a lot on irrigation, hooking up the garden border so we can grow flowers along the edge, getting the cherries in th…

#Meadow Garden #Seed Starting #Reflections

Monday, May 17, 2021

Plants are in the ground in the meadow garden. We transplanted the tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, and peppers last week, and planted a few rows of potatoes, corn, and beans. It’s exciting to finally se…

#Meadow Garden #Wild Plants #Planting

Monday, May 10, 2021

Last week we worked at breakneck speed to get the garden ready to plant this week. I continued adding to the fence and ran irrigation from the well house all the way down the hill. I ended up using 3…

#Meadow Garden #Fermentation #Wild Plants

Monday, May 3, 2021

I slow cooked a goat loin and a couple legs for tacos this weekend to ring in my 30th, which turned out great. Cracked open one of the elderberry prickly pear blends for the party too, which turned o…

#Meadow Garden #Fermentation

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Monday it drizzled all day, but again significantly less than I was hoping for, about a quarter inch total. Doesn’t look like we’ll get any more good rain for the year. With the dismal weather I took…