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Growing Sweet Potatoes, From Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are easy to grow, free to low-cost to start and can be stored for months. Now to how to get started-
Mar 283 min read


Starting Seeds Indoors in February
Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, asparagus, and some herbs and flowers can all be started inside now.
Feb 214 min read


Lessons From 2024
While we learned plenty of what to do differently in 2025, there are a few things we did better compared to the year before.
Jan 94 min read


Gathering Before and After the First Freeze
If you weren’t able to get everything in before the first freeze, don’t give up right away.
Oct 16, 20244 min read


The Rain Barrel- a Staple in Self-Sufficiency
We have good water here, but plants prefer the untreated stuff.
Aug 25, 20243 min read


The Best Flowers for Bees
Although there are many reasons insects are at the top of the extinction list in the past several years, monoculture and habitat loss are...
Mar 28, 20242 min read


Is it Spring?
The tulips and irises are up, not flowering but their clusters of leaves are inches above the ground. Daffodils, dandelions, henbit and...
Mar 6, 20242 min read


Autumn Farm Notes
WOOSH, and summer was over. Cone flowers and sunflowers slowly faded away as the autumn colors of Chrysanthemums and Golden Rod began to...
Oct 19, 20214 min read
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