May 31, 2021 | Homestead & Garden

Although it’d been “on the list” since we moved down here in in 2013, finally my partner and I visited the Grand Gulf State Park, about 10 miles from our house. This has been called “little Grand Canyon”, though having been to the Grand...
A Half-Assed Greenhouse (Homestead & Food)

A Half-Assed Greenhouse (Homestead & Food)

Feb 29, 2020 | Homestead & Garden

I want kale dammit! And swiss chard! And collard greens. (Okay, my lizards want those). And radishes. But no broccoli. Most importantly I want cool season crops and here in the Ozarks you get a slim chance to grow them. Start them too early and a late frost zaps them....
A Half-Assed Greenhouse (Homestead & Food)

The Fermentation Rabbit Hole

Feb 22, 2020 | Homestead & Garden, Stable Food (recipes)

If you look on my kitchen counter on a shelf next to my nonstick pan spray, a measuring cup, and a large variety of teas, you’ll find a quart canning jar (Thanks grandma!) covered with a muslin “hat”. It looks like a bonnet, and if you look inside it...

Winter Weather Finally Comes To The Homestead

Jan 11, 2020 | Homestead & Garden

Yesterday it was cloudy with the heavy, gonna rain feeling that you get in the spring when the temperatures get a bit too warm and storms are predicted. And they were predicted. For two days my weather app on my phone had come with with “weather alerts for your...

Homestead Planning

Dec 21, 2019 | Homestead & Garden

I haven’t checked the temperature yet today, though the last time I saw it was going to be in the fifties. I’m looking forward to doing some yard work and getting outside with my horses during my days off this holiday season, and as my thoughts often do,...