Happy CSA Day everyone! We started off the week with some Craigslist freebies – 80 some gallons of potting soil in nice lidded 5 gallon buckets, some sturdy pallets, a hose reel (for winding up and storing drip tape lines), and a nice wooden 8×12′ deck – which temporarily serves as a little raised area … Continue reading CSA Week 7 News – White Cat & Kingsbury Veterans
We had friends visit on and off through the week, but it was a productive time. Reynaldo, our first WWOOFer of the season arrived (“World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms” is a program that connects farms with folks who’d like to work on farms in exchange for the experience, a place to stay, and food, … Continue reading Black Bears & Fireflies – Week 2 CSA Newsletter
We’ve wanted to build an earth oven for some time now – we have a small camper oven, but it doesn’t really work that well, and we like to use the abundant free oak wood for fuel when we can, rather than pay for propane. We finally got our chance to try our hands at … Continue reading creating an Earth Oven
In our first post from Habitable Spaces, I mentioned how when we first arrived and the van got stuck on a tree stump, it seemed like a sign of how would be rooted and grounded here. It turns out this was more accurate than we knew – our planned three and a half week stay … Continue reading January in Texas
One year ago we left our home in Minneapolis and dove into our new life. During the year since then, we’ve traveled for four months working and learning on other farms throughout the southern states, and spent 8 months building up our little homestead farm in the sand barrens of Western Wisconsin. It’s easily been … Continue reading 365 Days of Que Sera Serain’ … & some pics from last week
