Hello friends, Yesterday I spent part of my day applying organic manure around my citrus trees. This is one of the most important activities in my orchard because healthy soil is the foundation of healthy

I started a new job last week, another wonderful gardening job. It's on a beautiful piece of land with the most gorgeous natural pool I have seen. There was a very overgrown vegetable plot on the land

On Friday morning I was up at 6:15AM, fed the cat, pulled up the shades and worked on post photos for a while. I had to stop and get the milk order done and then my helper friend arrived at 8AM. It was

Hello, hivers. Thanks again to @kvinna for asking another important question to create this write-up so that everyone can learn about this very interesting topic. Exposure to the sun can have several

Crop roatation for optimum soil health and better production

Diversity is beautiful

I am delighted to announce that I have made another milestone and appear to have won a skirmish in the garden. I’ve mentioned a few times about improving the soil health which in turn improves the plants’

"Take whatever you want." An actual quote from one of my actual neighbors this morning when I asked if the leaves on the curb were his. Believe you me, I took my fill today! In previous weeks,

Weeds are a constant in a garden. And yes, many weeds are wonderful and good and edible. But some are straight out annoying. They might produce seedpods that stick to all your clothing, hurt when you step

Roo says "Good morning!" It stormed last night while I was at work. I always miss it! I would have stayed up all night to see a good storm at my home. Way better than staying up all night at

I'm giving up on numbering the episodes. Think I'm on number 5, but I've lost track, and there's gonna be 52 of these things, so... Yeah. No more numbers. Also, moving to the #permacultureplayingcards

Fluffer! I know I keep saying it, but look at that soil they've made. I think everyone can benefit from chickens. Off to bed now, my sleeping pill is hitting hard. Permaculture Playing Cards Episode 2

Yesterday we got out and worked on compost. Our big pile measures out 7 feet wide and 3 feet high now. That's like 2.3m by 1m. I think that's as big as she'll get for now, and we'll start another one this

The other day I snapped a couple pictures that I wanted to share. I've had some bigger posts that I needed to run, so it got pushed back. More homestead observations. Uppening is happening all over. This

We got a couple little bits of progress made this afternoon. Not a lot, but it was a little easy work that the kids helped a lot with. My post this morning about the south project brought to my mind how

Hey, I'm doing good keeping up with the daily chicken this weekend! This morning is chilly. 36° when I first got out. That's 2.22° for you weirdos like @riverflows. Barefoot was a bit uncomfortable, but

Happy Sunday! I'm up early, and got the south project on my brain, so here's a bit about it. Hang on, it's gonna be a long one. The south project has changed a lot since we first moved here. It's been

Praise the Lord, and happy Saturday, y'all! I'm about recovered here, not needing pain meds anymore. My mind is clear, and I feel rejuvenated after a couple days lazing around. First order of business,

Well, I was gonna take a picture of Big Roo and his super pretty feathers for today's #dailychicken, but he chickened out and ran back to bed. My bad y'all, no daily chicken today. So instead of Big Roo,