Last weekend we had a haul of 8 pints of delicious, locally grow strawberries to contend with. This past weekend we outdid ourselves and picked over 22 pounds of beautiful Sweet Charlie strawberries. We spent most of Sunday washing, hulling, de-stemming, and freezing them.…
Back in February I stumbled across The Homestead Experiment. JulieAnn and I share a lot of the same philosophies and goals relating to modern living and living slowly. It’s a challenge sometimes to marry the two, but like JulieAnn and her family, Chris and…
Chris re-built Mackenzie’s garden box on Sunday night and created a little arrangement for her that we call “Mackenzie’s garden.” She had so much putting the dirt in the boxes and planting them up. She even picked out the orange tomato cage. Mackenzie is…
For a few years when I was growing up, we lived out in the country on my grandpa’s land in the Ozarks of Northwest Arkansas. Our neighbors leased a small plot of land from him and built a large garden, pond, and pasture. In…
We are putting the finishing touches on our spring garden. One of the items on our to-do list was plant markers. I found this pin on Pinterest and thought it would be something fun and easy Mackenzie an I could do together. Here’s how…