Spring has sprung
We are so thrilled to have daily temperatures in the high fifties and even low sixties lately. And because of that, we've been getting a lot done besides the annual spring pick-up and clean-up...
I’m growing webbed feet!
And we thought we'd had our fill of rain. Ha ha. I'm glad we planted like crazy before this last rain. In a little more than 24 hours, we got seven inches of pouring...
It’s amazing what you can get done with nice weather here
While I'm busy transplanting over-grown tomato seedlings into very tall Styrofoam cups, Will is out at the end of the Wolf Road, cutting up the ash logs for firewood and hauling them home to...
Reader’s Question: Seed exchange
I was hoping you knew of a good seed exchange/ seed swap either over the net, through a mail service or seed company. If not Backwoods home should start one.
David Kleis
Kennwick, WA
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An upgrade on the homestead
We've been limping by on about 100 watts of solar panels and a small windcharger for the past few years. Yep, it worked, kind of. But we did have to use the generator more...