It started on Monday. My 40-50 hour work week…it started on Monday. Unfortunately I didn’t get my shower, dressed and mascara on bright and early because I expected a desk day. A future customer called from a mile away. It’s {this close} to opening but not ready yet. “If you…
View this post on Instagram Afternoon in the back third of high tunnel. . #hightunnel #homestead #homesteader #eatlocal #homegrown #growyourown #foodie #selfsufficient #womenswork #allotmentlife #homesteadlife A post shared by Robin (@alifeinthewild) on Jul 24, 2019 at 12:45pm PDT
This is an unusual year for high tunnel growing. It’s hot now and then, unusually cool and raining the next. We have more cool wet days than hot and dry. The tunnel is full but outside, only bush beans that aren’t doing well, pumpkins and squash. We don’t have enough…
One of the questions I’m most often asked is “what does it mean when the seed packet says to plant ‘as soon as the ground can be worked?’” It’s a simple answer that has been over complicated. Soil is always soaked here in late spring because of snow melt and…
It’s hard to sit still when my April garden chore list is long and growing longer, and the snow is deep (for April) and going to get deeper. Yes, that’s right, it’s the second week of April and we still have snow. There’s more coming. I could make “plow snow…
Another of my big dreams and plans for the homestead. When I was market farming, selling at farmers markets and to restaurants, I needed 2,500 square feet of growing space. Today, I use the tall tunnel for food production. The long tunnel is the firewood and vine tunnel. The small…
How to reduce mites in a vermicomposting bin with little effort. …
Beans are easy to grow and produce a lot of food from one seed. Tips on how to grow beans and a short list of the three varieties I grow. …
Last fall I planted 700 cloves of four varieties of garlic. And then plans changed. I’m not at farmers market as planned this year because the market was dismal. This morning looked as good as it’s going to get for garlic harvesting. It hasn’t rained for a few days but…
Breaking dormancy – I joked out coming out of personal hibernation on a segment of On The Fire (my cooking show) but I’m not completely kidding. It’s been a long winter filled with writing. I spend a lot of time at the dining room table, tapping out letters that turn…