Our good friend Delani decided to pop up from Tuscon for a surprise visit last week.  While she was here we shared dinner, wine, great conversation and she helped with some morning chores…she even learned how to milk a goat.  I must say for her first time milking she sure did a fine job and picked up the task rather quick!  Needless to see the milk is flowing and many yummy things will soon be concocted! Prior to Delani’s arrival...

Summer solstice has arrived during this past week and now we are at the beginning of summer and it only gets better from here!  Here on the farm we are seeing our efforts coming into fruition…so my challenge to you is to name some veggies that we have coming into season or just beginning there journey into this world!  Answers to name that veg will be posted next week. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Location:E...

We’re doing something right… our Google ads have changed from diamond jewelers to Pink Composting Toilets. haHA! Now that’s more our speed. We’re so proud… look at her there in the field. Fits right in with ‘stacking functions’. Had to add the screenshot after I...

Cleared gravel & black plastic. Dug 1 ft down x 3 ft reach. I know it doesn’t look like much right now, but this keyhole garden is the most efficient permaculture in practice in our entire backyard. It really ties the farm (room) together, a bit like the Dude’s rug in the Big Lebowski. We started the raised beds before there was much livestock litter to go around, so the timing worked out quite well. A few...

our hammock! And once all of the goat holding and chicken egg harvesting and slip-n-sliding was done… the hammock was the big hit. We’re getting nice morning shade from our East neighbors and we found all kinds of things to do in it this morning. Not the least of which, was sipping goat’s milk iced lattes with ‘Gramma’ Lynne while Brianna and Finley romped around the yard and conquered their fears of the...