I've been MIA for months. I don't even understand what this fork is about. But here I am. { : First post on Hive. YOLO

My Christmas and Birthday gifts came Early! We've been trying to get the right tools over time, as circumstances allow, so that we can become a lot more efficient and cost effective with our food

I haven't updated about the fruit and nut trees that were planted this spring. Since the winter is fast approaching, now would be a good time. This is one of the dwarf peaches. The one which took a really

Groundhogs. Woodchucks. Whistlepigs. UGH. Need I say more? Well, I will. A few falls ago I remember seeing a beaver walking around on it's hind legs in the orchard nearest the creek. That was the best

This is a little treefrog I found sleeping on my door under a temporary sign I'd left for a delivery driver. I thought it was the neatest thing. There have been many tree frogs hanging around my patio

The market season is winding down here. Only about 5 weeks left I believe. I'm so thankful it's cooler now. We've had a few hot days interspersed between typical Fall weather, but starting Sunday it will

source Pixabay In the last weeks of winter Frigid temperatures lingered Coldly snapping At my fingers The winter was long With little snow Grey and brown Dead grass of gold The propane furnace labored

Still not back in the swing of things online, but did help at a farmer's market last weekend for Dragonfly Farm which is a mom and pop farm in the Kansas City Metro area specializing in gourmet mushrooms

Feasting on the nectar of neglected pears, on this beautiful late summer eve near dusk, royalty dined before me as I was deciding what to post about this week. I decided to share some pictures like I'm

Ooph. I'm not feeling well. This has been a prolonged period of what I first thought was a bad case of allergies. That morphed into what I thought was a cold. Now I am feeling on the edge of a flu. For

I mentioned before that from middle school to high school I was dead set on becoming an Architect. That never panned out. I DID spent many years learning how to hand draft, as well as draft using AutoCAD.

Have you ever started a fire with a magnifying glass in science class or girl/boy scouts? Well, in my search for a zero energy means of cooking, I came across fresnel lenses. These are strong magnifying

During the late winter I made a post about sweet potatoes we had left over from Thanksgiving that had started to show the first signs of shoots. I detailed how I tried to get them to grow into slips. Well,

Comfrey, scientific name Symphytum officinale, is an ubiquitous and quintessential element in the permaculture ecosystem. It's a perennial plant in my zone, which is nice because that means it will grow

This year started off quite busy with the Food Forest Project finally getting started. At first it went quick. Regrettably, progress slowed to a halt. That's okay. I'm happy we've gotten as far as we have

A while back I posted about some wild purple garlic and chives that I transplanted from the orchard. In today's post I will be going over how that worked out. When we moved here it was pretty obvious the

SOME OF YOU ARE BEET HATERS. IS IT BECAUSE THEY STAIN YOUR FINGERS, POSSIBLY YOUR URINE? IS IT BECAUSE THEY TASTE LIKE THE GOODNESS OF THE EARTH? WELL, WHATEVER YOUR REASON, YOU ARE MISSING OUT. I know

One cold morning in late March, while sitting outside drinking coffee, I watched the most spectacular thing! Birds teaching their young to fly. It reminded me of parents teaching their kids to ride a bike

It's been a while since I have updated everyone on the food forest. Here I talked about what trees were ordered if you'd like to go take a look. It took a few weeks to get everything planted. The truth

I was born in the decade when Atari was King. Hair metal bands, Soft Rock, and Country dominated the airwaves. Home televisions were mostly black and white and were housed in humongous cabinets with turn