Last night we had a killing frost. Not that there was much on the garden. Just Brussels Sprouts, Rhubarb, some beans drying, and Horseradish of course. 610 more words
Tags » Urban Homesteading
From the first glimpse, I was blown away by the expansiveness of Bernadett’s space. 2 acres in the counrty is SO much more spacious than my postage stamp in the city.
Bernadett’s watering system was inspiring. She uses a lot of gravity-fed rain barrels to water.
Everyhere I looked, the beds were bursting with edibles of all kinds.
Her massive ginger plants were as impressive in person as in pictures I’d seen.
Inside her high tunnel, we feasted on fresh figs.
And I got to pay witness to a five year old chard plant. (were you pulling my leg on this one, B?)
Even the garasshoppers were impressive.
Her chicken operation made me green with envy.
Eye candy everywhere.
I’m told this fills with water with heavy rains. I was visiting during a 3 week dry spell.
When One Season Ends, Another Begins.
The last Friday of September I started my day hosting a farm tour for 2017 Master Gardeners of Ohio state conference. It was my second such tour in two weeks and I was, in all honesty, getting a little weary of playing host. 200 more words
Tennessee Warblers stopping by the birdbath. October 2017.
Just wanted to post this video of the Tennessee Warblers visiting the backyard. There are about a dozen that show up around 5pm to eat and play in the birdbath. 29 more words
Pollinator Autumn
Fall in New Mexico is quite possibly the most beautiful season to be found anywhere in the world. But it’s also the last hurrah for our pollinators, who have a brief time left to get a winter’s worth of provisions stored. 315 more words
Enterprise Budgets September 2017
I used to track the harvest value from the garden, but weighing and tracking each type of produce, assigning a value per pound, etc to that gets tedious. 291 more words
Upping our Eco Cleaning Game, bit by bit
After the last couple of years, I laughed at the fact that I went to sleep last night thinking about eco-friendly ways my husband and I are upping our game, rather than all the other S that’s hit the F. 1,421 more words
