The first time we noticed there was wild garlic and chives growing abundantly on our homestead was the first time the orchard was mowed. I'm no stranger to wild chives. We had them growing up "in

We have a wild black raspberry patch growing near a fence between the main yard and the old orchard from the previous owners. Pretty sure this patch is courtesy of birds pooping the seeds here. It's not

In this post I will be discussing my beloved Granny apple tree that finally got a little love this year. When we moved to this property in 2014, there were already a number of fruit, nut, and berry bushes.

Today I'd like to show you interesting things I've come across as I've been out and about on the homestead. I've been coming across pretty plants, scary plants, helpful and harmful pests, and an overall

Today I will be reviewing the show VOICES FROM THE MOUNTAINS hosted by @intuitivejacob, @lpfaust, and @falseyedols. Their show airs UTC 3:00 am - 5:00 am which is 10pm-12am CST in USA (where I live). I

I am a frequent listener to the many shows put on by mspwaves.com. Today I will be reviewing the show Chronic and Coffee hosted by @fracasgrimm. His show airs UTC 4:00 am - 6:00 am which is 10pm-12am CST

Here is an update on what we are currently working on. We wanted to start a food forest when we moved here in 2014. The property already had 5 apple trees, 2 pears, a few wild plums, black walnuts, hickory,

Today I would like to show you the beginning of a Hugelkultur bed. It started as a pile of tree branches that we were planning to turn into mulch with a chipper. After it was laying around for a while

In 2014 when we moved to our current homestead, we had several Oak in our front yard cut down with the intention of starting from scratch with a food forest. The trees were cut down, the logs put in one

Lately, I have been making it a point of typing 11:11 in discord chat every time I look up at the clock and see it. For some reason, that number has been popping up for me frequently for the last few months.

Good Morning y'all. I have been very busy this spring trying to get our food forest expanded, seeds started, propagation through cuttings. Much much busier than in years past. It's been very challenging

An overgrown basement foundation lurked towards the front of the property, near the main road. This is where a house was going to be built but never got completed. The area was a well-selected spot,

So far I have posted the DESIGN AND BUILD, BACKYARD TRELLIS, TIRE PORTION OF THE GARDEN, AND BRASSICAS. This post will be about the orchard. When I'd decided to construct this garden a key element that

In this post, we have the brassicas, which are a class of vegetables in the Cruciferae family. According to the The Vegetable Expert: This diverse grouping includes plants whose leaves, flowers, stems,

Hello Steemians. Today I am going to show you the portion of the 2011 Garden, which was constructed of tires and was in the center of the garden. Previously I showed the Design and Build and Raised Garden,

On the initial post of this series traveling back in time to my first garden in 2011, I explained my criteria, design, and installation of the backyard garden. In this post, I will be going through the

My great-grandma Virgie lived alone beside us in a small single-wide trailer. I believe when I was growing up she still owned 20 acres, but only resided on one. The story is that she went to an auction

In 2008 I bought a house in San Bernardino, California in the San Bernardino Valley. It is a dry hot desert like climate which would reach as hot as 105 degrees during the hottest part of summer. For a

Chapter 1: Setting the scene I don't have blonde hair but this might as well be me I grew up semi off grid, until about the age of 8, in a rural subdivision of Greene county, in Southwestern Missouri;

I have been going through my archives lately, sifting through at least 1000 pictures documenting the last 6 years of my trials and tribulations with various methods of gardening. It has taken me quite