by katie | Jan 22, 2017 | Farming, Flower growing, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Perennials, Pruning, Shrubs, Trees, Vegetable Gardening
I always want to shout out to everyone- This is the time ! These are the moments to create everything you want in your garden for spring, right NOW ! What you do right now determines how your garden will do and look all year. It is time to plant, and transplant new...
by katie | Jan 30, 2016 | Farming, Self sustainability
Navigating class K , or Rural Residential permits is a bit complicated, yet well worth it. A very well written law, Class K allows you to build using recycled, upcycled building materials and alternative methods of construction...
by katie | Feb 4, 2015 | Farming, Gardening, Pruning, Trees
When I was twenty I visited a garden and saw an older woman up in a large tree pruning. I vowed at that point to climb trees in my forties. Now that I’m mid- fifties, climbing bigger trees doesn’t feel so comfortable any more. I can’t believe...
by katie | Mar 19, 2013 | Cooking, Farming, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
I’m afraid I’m quite boring in my use of spices, although most of the spices I use come straight from the garden. My husband and kids don’t like spicy food much or strange herbs, even curries. So my standby is a good base of fresh veggies, whatever...
by katie | Jan 12, 2013 | Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Vegetable Gardening
I love what farm life offers kids. Time to remember just how to have fun with everything. Make your own toys. Learning all kinds of body skills and capabilities in the midst of a working family.
by katie | Jan 3, 2013 | Farming, Self sustainability
Life on the farm sometimes feels like that movie “Babe”, you know where all the animals are such crazy characters ? The animals here are like that. Our horses are some of the funniest. We already had the horses when we moved here, so we tried hard to...
