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Hop trellis up the house

Sunflowers from last season's seed

Hops on the right and chard and lettuce planted to the left near the footings

Kale from last fall that we overwintered and planted from the last crop's seed

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Batter for homemade/ homegrown waffles

Waffles with our squash and nuts and stuff...delicious

Bar-Be-Que

Marigold

MInt

newly transplanted hops

Spring Has Sprung

A view from the land behind our house.

Pullets are growing fast:

Growing Food

We have a lot going on here this season. In our new hoop house we have seedlings germinating!

-Mizuna
-Spinach
-Kale
-Carrots
-Lettuce

some of these are already up and we just need to cover it up a little more to increase moisture and germination.

Propigating Hops From Rhizomes

When we first started this garden blog a few years ago we got a female Chinook hop plant. It has since given us bitter and aromatic flowers every season that have been used in all the homebrews from the Spotty Dog. It is also spreading like crazy and it is time to divide it up a bit.

Baby Turkeys!

We got one Bourbon Red and a Broad Brested Bronze

Now We Are Getting Serious

This drylands farming thing is no joke! We are stepping it up with the purchase of this 1650 gallon cistern.

Supermoon & Planting

Tonight's Supermoon rising over the mountains

Sowing carrots, spinach, mizuna, kale and lettuce.

Pullets Moved Outside

In their transitional brooder:

Mini Hoop House for a Mini Farm

 Mini hoop house (16' x 3')

They Grow Up So Fast

 See the turken in the above photo?


We are already on the second fifty pound bag of feed.

Quick Saturday Post

It is almost March and we still have some firewood left.


Cutting barrel rings for a hoop house: