by katie | Apr 26, 2011 | Farming, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability
I know this seems harsh, but here in the self sufficiency reality, we need wood, we have trees. This redwood tree is approx. 40″ in diameter and 150 years old. It was growing in a thicket of thin fir trees off by itself. There are many other clumps of large...
by katie | Apr 14, 2011 | Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
I can’t help but notice the more we try to build our farm, how very multifaceted one needs to be to live a farm life. Our society has tried to encourage specialization in the last fifty years and made it seem more attractive and intelligent to be that way. Has...
by katie | Mar 29, 2011 | Farming, Fine Gardening, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability
My husband accused me of being a city girl the other day, which I found very disconcerting. When I told my kids this they commented; ” but you never even wear clean clothes to town, you always have dirty knees and your muddy boots on, how could you possibly be...
by katie | Mar 26, 2011 | Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Uncategorized
I believe in following your inner voice. It works well for me in the garden as well as in life. If you listen , stay alert, the garden ” tells ” you things it wants. I use it a lot for crop rotation waiting until the area “tells ” me what it...
by katie | Mar 18, 2011 | Annuals, Farming, Fine Gardening, Flower growing, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Perennials, Self sustainability, Trees, Vegetable Gardening
One of the things I’ve learned along the way, was to look back periodically at what we’ve accomplished . This helps when facing overwhelming tasks, a list of chores and new projects that never quits. Developing bare land is like that, just never ending. So...
by katie | Mar 17, 2011 | Cooking, Farming, Fine Gardening, Flower growing, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Shrubs, Vegetable Gardening
Here in California where it’s green on all the mountains, daffodils are blooming and so are early shrubs; Daphne, sarcocca, fruiting trees, forget-me-not’s. It’s starting to be time to project what the summer garden will look like. It doesn’t...
