State of the Farm, July 2026
Well, it’s that time of the year where we look at the garden and decide what worked and what didn’t. First, let’s talk about the
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A Rambling Writer Guest Post: Thor’s Meadow Madness
In which Thor discusses the evolution of our land and flowers, from damaged to flourishing. I’ve been dealing with more “life” lately, so my hero-husband
State of the farm, June 2026
Well, the new garden is planted. The map is shown here. It’s still early days so we haven’t had a lot of seedlings. Radishes, certainly.
State of the Farm, May 2026: Behold, The Terracing
You may recall that we were planning to terrace the garden. It took a lot of planning and a week and some fairly hard work
State of the Farm: April 2026
We are just getting going on the farm. (Picture from here.) There are two things going on. First, and possibly more important, is that I
State of the Farm, October 2025
I like my life. I like what we do in the garden and the orchard. But the house gets dirty coming in and out with
How I Made my Peace with Buttercup
Ranunculus repens is not a friendly plant. It doesn’t want to make friends. It wants to spread across your garden like a green rash that
State of the Farm, April 2025
Spring planting has begun. We got the peas in over a week ago and the rest of the early cold crops (bok choy, kale, lettuce,
State of the Farm, March 2025
It’s that time of year again. Now we are beginning our planning for the season. This year I decided to be more precise in the
State of the Farm: November, 2024
The harvest is in. It’s time to take stock with regards to our experiment in self-sufficiency. The total harvest of any nutritional substance (in pounds)
State of the Farm: October 2024
We’re now entering final harvest. Maybe a little good news. But bad news first. I didn’t do well with the squash. Part of it was
State of the Farm: May, 2024
Now that it’s May, we can attempt to start work on our garden without a high expectation of weather damage. Of course, that’s a hope.
State of the Farm, March 2024
I like this time of the year. We’re just starting to pull together what we’ll be doing this year. We’ve been going over seed catalogs