50 cloves. 50 cloves should be more than enough. I grow ample for all the mouths here but few actually eat much of what I grow. So I’m getting to the point that I will worry more about myself and putting up enough for myself. There is plenty of produce I grow and if theyContinueContinue reading “Garlic tucked away in the garden.”
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When the rain reaches the forest floor, something magical happens.
Porcini (boletes) mushroom It’s that time of year. I’m not a big mushroom fan, it’s the texture that gets to me rather than the rather bland taste. But that being said, they are packed with nutrients that make them a healthy choice (as long as you don’t eat the poison ones). If you don’t likeContinueContinue reading “When the rain reaches the forest floor, something magical happens.”
The First Eggs
Let me first tell you that these chickens and ducks aren’t the first I’ve ever had in my life. Honestly I can say I’ve had hundreds of them. I used to have a small time pastured egg farm. When the Covid pandemic shutdown happened, the farmers markets all shut down and around the same timeContinueContinue reading “The First Eggs”
Cheap Shopping
@ 7:25 pm 72°f, sunny, NW 8 mph wind, 0” rain Made my way the other day to the dollar store. After the last time I went, being so disappointed in the products I’d wasted my money on at the time, as I was very broke so the cleaning supplies that instantly were junk madeContinueContinue reading “Cheap Shopping”
Pepper Starting and Fermentation
46°F, light rain, S 7 mph wind, Rain YTD 19.22” I saved my indoor seed starting for today, knowing it was going to be rainy and wet. Now normally, for most of my life I would have started hundreds of peppers and eggplants for the garden and to share/sell. But this year, in my 18’ContinueContinue reading “Pepper Starting and Fermentation”
The old wild apple tree
44/22°F, Sunny, NW 14 mph wind, 7.21” rain/year I’ve cleared out the red elder trees from around the old wild apple and can now get up next to the main trunk now. Yes, it’s covered in moss! Still need to clean up around it but it’s much better now. It’s very tall so I haveContinueContinue reading “The old wild apple tree”
Fruit Trees Are Becoming Unaffordable
It used to be that buying a bare root fruit tree was an inexpensive investment well worth the upfront cost. I remember ordering several a year with money I earned in a low wage student job. Mail order and locally. They were good quality and produced well. Now, if you dare order a bareroot tree,ContinueContinue reading “Fruit Trees Are Becoming Unaffordable”
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”
It’s the Pits!
46°, rain, flood watch (down the hill), breezy I mentioned yesterday that my friend who owns the land I’m renting saved some fruit tree pits. Various kinds. I soaked them in warm water with a few water changes yesterday and over night. Some will try to crack the outer shell, but it’s very difficult toContinueContinue reading “It’s the Pits!”
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)”
Climate Wary Homesteader 