Blogging is a labor of love. I love sharing with you what we're up to and what we learn. I really hope that all of my readers learn a little something from our adventures and can become more self sufficient in their lives as well.
I spend several hours every week researching, writing, finding guest posters and answering email questions. Because this site is self hosted … Continue reading the story "The Tip Jar – Going Ad Free"
Post Archives from the ‘Current Events’ Category
What I Listen To
My life seems to revolve around farming even when I'm at my day job. Have I mentioned that I'm a landscape design consultant and project manager for a landscape architecture firm? It's really not as glamorous as it may sound. OK, I admit it doesn't even sound that glamorous. I spend 99% of my time in front of a computer. So for most of the … Continue reading the story "What I Listen To"
Let’s Talk Security
The Old Gate
Making Light of Life
As urban farming becomes more popular more and more people are beginning to raise livestock. First is the chickens for eggs and then, for some, it continues on to include other types of livestock including meat animals. A lot of us raise meat animals so that we no longer have to depend on Big Ag's Industrialized Factory Feedlots for our meat. We want to know … Continue reading the story "Making Light of Life"
A Day in the Life
Another question that came up when I asked our readers to give us their burning questions was what our daily life looked like. They wanted to know just how much work we put into running everything.
Of course our days vary greatly depending on the season, what we have going on, and even the day of the week. But I'll do a typical weekday and weekend … Continue reading the story "A Day in the Life"
Things are Evolving
You've probably noticed that the blog has gone through a few updates in the last few weeks. I decided to migrate it from Blogger over to self-hosted WordPress. I'm still tinkering with the design but hopefully I'll have it nailed down soon. I really appreciate your patience while this migration goes through. It's taking me some time to get used to this new platform but … Continue reading the story "Things are Evolving"
Bringin’ Back the Old
The Old Chicken Coop
The 2012 Varieties
Yugoslavian Red Lettuce
The Year in Review
Now that I've got all the numbers I'm kind of depressed. It wasn't bad in the grand scheme of things, especially with the animals, but compared to last year's crops it's low. The fruit trees don't help. Of the 27 fruit trees we have we only got fruit off of 11 - less than half of them. The total fruit tree poundage came to only … Continue reading the story "The Year in Review"
Our Goals for Next Year
I'm not all that into New Year's resolutions. I gu
ess the term "resolution" means there's a problem that needs to be resolved. It holds a negative connotation to me. I prefer to use "goals" which is much more positive. I realized my failures this year and am now moving forward.
Of course my biggest goal this year … Continue reading the story "Our Goals for Next Year"
ess the term "resolution" means there's a problem that needs to be resolved. It holds a negative connotation to me. I prefer to use "goals" which is much more positive. I realized my failures this year and am now moving forward.
Of course my biggest goal this year … Continue reading the story "Our Goals for Next Year"