We’re finally done haying
Will baled up the hay he cut down on our steer pasture below the goat pasture. And out of that used-to-be-swampy, brushy patch of ground, we got 50 square bales of beautiful birdsfoot trefoil...
The first batches of tomatoes are in
I spent two days planting dozens of varieties of tomatoes in peat pellets. This year, because of our little seed business (which has been very encouraging), we are going to plant more than 30...
Velvet’s triplet does are getting big now
It's amazing how fast little goats get big. Our triplet does from our best milker, Velvet, are now nearly as big as their mom and as fat as little piglets. Of course, feeding them...
Got compost?
While most homesteaders have a compost pile, we have several. And some are pretty BIG! All winter we feed our horses and cattle big round bales of hay. For years we scattered the bales...
Q and A: making applesauce and tomato sauce, storing fresh carrots, using crabapples
Making applesauce and tomato sauce
Have you ever washed, cut, and cooked apples, put through juicer strainer with a large tea strainer on pan to drain juice from pulp? It makes thick applesauce, and...