I’m beginning to think that I need to keep better records. Not of the seeds I have or where they’re planned to be in the garden or how much is harvested. No, I’ve gotten pretty good at keeping those records. What I’m not good at tracking is how much time it actually takes to complete a given garden project. I…
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Happy Friday, Happy May, and Welcome to our second edition of Farm Photo Friday! I am so very excited to have seven gorgeous shots to share with you today from seven awesome Farmers! To see a larger view of the gallery photos below, simply click on the photo and it will open in a larger view. Also, don’t forget to follow the…
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Think that the homesteading dream is reserved solely for those who can afford to purchase the perfect piece of land and glorious old farmhouse? I did, too, until I realized there was another option: Renting a Homestead! Up until 2014 I didn’t imagine that renting a homestead could be an option for us. Our conversations (for years) always revolved around…
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After a week of traveling to (and all around) STL for work (a conference for Kim), family (so many cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents and great- grandparents) and friends (beautiful, wonderful, hilarious, glorious friends), we’re back home and doing our best to settle in gently. Luckily, the weather is perfect re-entry weather as we’ve been greeted by a cloud filled,…
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7,000 square feet. Seven thousand square feet. That’s the approximate size of the fenced in Market Garden that’s all set up on our brand new homestead and just waiting for us to dig in. That’s 15 times the garden bed square footage we had set up throughout our entire urban farm! That’s pure potential all wrapped up in a nice little…
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You guys, I cannot even begin to explain to you just how excited I am about our new house and the amazing property it sits on! It almost seems unreal that everything we’ve been working for and planning for and dreaming about has manifested in such a wonderful rental! So, instead of waxing poetic about our new home and why…
