48°F, partly cloudy, wind NW 7 mph PTSD Anxiety has a bad hold on me today. and the fridge going out hasn’t helped that at all. Especially since RV fridges cost more than $1000. Which I don’t have. So I don’t know what I’m going to do for food for a while. And the foodContinueContinue reading “My refrigerator decided to unalive.”
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Seed Starting and Tree Pruning Prep
46°, mostly cloudy, showers, 103.22” rain so far this year I did end up laying landscape pavers over my muddy path yesterday. They were free pavers and they do the job even though they are a bit wonky. I got tired of sinking to my ankles in mud when stepping out of my camper. AndContinueContinue reading “Seed Starting and Tree Pruning Prep”
A rain free day— yesterday
46°, Partly Cloudy, Light Wind Day off and I was feeling pretty good. I know I should stay home on days like this and work the homestead but I took my dog out for some spoiling fun walking instead at one of the local coastal parks. He deserved a day of spoiling. Meanwhile, a videoContinueContinue reading “A rain free day— yesterday”
Wind Storm- Flying Buildings and Blueberry Jam
54°, light rain, breezy “I’m tired of these storms! There never used to be so many!” Proclaimed my climate change denying neighbor when I mentioned another storm arriving Sunday. Last week we had a bit of a storm. And one I wasn’t quite expecting. Tuesday night, I woke up on hearing a bang and aContinueContinue reading “Wind Storm- Flying Buildings and Blueberry Jam”
Hybrids, GMO’s and Open Pollinated
First off, I’m going to start off with a bit of a controversial topic. Often when I mention hybrid plants to the more misinformed crowd, there are always those who suddenly get up in arms, frantic that I’m about to make some horrible mistake. in which I try to kindly inform them then that hybridsContinueContinue reading “Hybrids, GMO’s and Open Pollinated”
Sprouts
43°, light rain, light wind Alfalfa sprouts In a small space, in winter and you want fresh home grown vegetables, raising sprouts is the way to go. It literally takes up less than half a square foot of space. I keep the sprouter in the little microwave so it doesn’t take up space elsewhere. OnceContinueContinue reading “Sprouts”
Can I Trust This?
I’ve heard it before. “You can live here as long as you want.” Usually comes when someone realizes how useful to them I am. “Help take care of so and so” “Till death do us part” “Help to buy this land” “Help maintain this place, develop it” It’s from people I once respected and gaveContinueContinue reading “Can I Trust This?”
Get Them While You Can
Climate change, regime change, and preventable illness. I can’t tell you how many times a day I hear around this area that scientists and Doctors are fake and out to harm people. As someone who has a degree in the sciences it’s rather insulting and also false. Why would we spend our whole lives tryingContinueContinue reading “Get Them While You Can”
Cheap Milk and Silent Screams (read my response below this powerful poem)
by Heide Brandes they’re dancing in the streets tonightcelebrating someone else’s painlike hyenas drunk on blood and fearwhile the milk goes sour in their refrigerators the television blares about savings at the megamartand nobody remembers how to grow their own freedom anymorethey revel like gloating goats, shittingand prancing on expensive things like rights, equality andContinueContinue reading “Cheap Milk and Silent Screams (read my response below this powerful poem)”
Rustic Berry Basket and Herbal Discoveries: A Homesteader’s Foraging Journey
A good forager can find something all times of year, and I do know some roots and things that I harvest in the winter and early spring, but I love this time of year mainly for the fresh fruits and flowers that can be found just everywhere. As I’m newly learning this particular bit ofContinueContinue reading “Rustic Berry Basket and Herbal Discoveries: A Homesteader’s Foraging Journey”
Climate Wary Homesteader 