Today we addressed a reality you rarely see in homesteading posts: sometimes plants die! The heat dome was hard on our Lavender plot last year. We ended the year with 22 Hidcote/36 and 2 Phenomenal/36. Why is the hidcote doing so well and the phenomenal not so much? Is it possible the deer or some […]
They say when you buy a farm property you should start by inventorying your assets. Is there good water? Forest? Meadow? Mountain Laurel?
The heat dome of 2024 was devastating to our new lavender planting. Only 1 survived so we moved her up to be with her friends from the 2023 planting!
It’s starting to look like a real Christmas tree farm! Thankful that these tree friends are still growing!
Remember those legacy daffodils we transplanted last summer from the old homestead? They are happy in their new spot! There is no greater joy!
What happens to the trees after Christmas? Out here in this California apartment complex, they are collected and sent off to the landfill to be turned into mulch, compost, or ground cover.
As the year winds down, we count the “inventory” and take stock of what we have left. There are 104 Christmas trees showing signs of life. We have lost many more than that to drought, soil conditions and the occasional deer. We are proud of these survivors and we look forward to their growth in
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