July 7, 2021
How does your garden grow?
August 2015, our first year on the expanded garden. We increased our growing area at least 20 times over what we had planted in 2014, yes we caught the bug pretty hard. We really like the red woodchips from the big box store, they probably…
July 7, 2021
Fruits of labor
Basket full of awesome. While there are many rewards in gardening the harvest tops the list. A great motivator in our wanting a large garden and chickens is obviously to provide food for ourselves and others that we know is responsibly grown without the modifiers…
July 7, 2021
2016 Garden
Potatoes behind the Whinery in 2016, I thought they did well at a few lbs per row foot. Have always though growing potatoes in the garden weren’t worth the effort because of how cheap they are in the store but like anything else from your…
July 6, 2021
“Volunteering for Service” or “Take That to the Bank”
The image above is a Calendula, just on their second year in the garden but this versatile plant wintered over in the greenhouse and is beginning to secures its place. They make copious amounts of blooms all summer long and begin to produce them early…
July 6, 2021
Early to Rise
The early producers, Those first of the season plants that let us know in often delicious ways the garden season is once again upon us. It gets the fires stoked up and excitement for the year to come in the garden. Depending on how…
July 6, 2021
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
We have had Desert Morning Glory growing here for several years, for the most part they are fairly unassuming and make for a good ground cover around the fruit and nut trees where they fill in a thick mat all on their own. About the…
July 6, 2021
Prehistoric Plantation
Nero Di Toscana – Dinosaur Kale Sherry found out this was the green bits in Olive Garden Potato Soup so she said “grow this”, and of course I did. A pretty amazing plant with a variety of uses, it is said to be hardy against…
July 6, 2021
Add A Little Flavor To Your Life
Oregano is an easy growing herb that offers immense flavor for many dishes, it is a medicinal whose use dates back to Hippocrates as an antiseptic. Oregano is also among the herbs fast replacing antibiotics in chicken raising as the public is becoming more aware…
July 6, 2021
In the Beginning
We began gardening in 2014, in the one image above you can see two of the block raised beds are all green. These pictures are all from March of 2015 other than last one which is from July. This shows just what a difference a…
Fruits of labor
2016 Garden
Lions, Tigers and Bears oh My!
Building the Greenhouses 7
Building the Greenhouses 6
Garden Highlights
How does your garden…
August 2015, our first year on the expanded garden. We increased our growing area at least 20 times…
Fruits of labor
Basket full of awesome. While there are many rewards in gardening the harvest tops the list. A great…
2016 Garden
Potatoes behind the Whinery in 2016, I thought they did well at a few lbs per row foot.…
Tools on the Farm
MTD Chipper Repower
Our old MTD Chipper finally puked its guts out, it was old and tired when I bought it…
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