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    Heat in the Dome
    Emily
    • Aug 6, 2021

    Heat in the Dome

    MANAGING AUGUST TEMPERATURES IN THE GREENHOUSE One key to success for us as gardeners has been learning how to work in cooperation with...
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    Shallot Harvest
    Emily
    • Jul 23, 2021

    Shallot Harvest

    THE FIRST ALLIUMS OF THE SEASON This week marked the first allium harvest of the season: The Dutch Yellow shallots, which are planted in...
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    Homestead Photojournal: 7.14.21
    Emily
    • Jul 14, 2021

    Homestead Photojournal: 7.14.21

    EIGHT Broody's clutch of eight chicks is energetically exploring their new world today. After the anticipation--and concern, given the...
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    Day Twenty
    Kindra
    • Jul 13, 2021

    Day Twenty

    DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY'RE HATCHED Broody has been on the nest for twenty very warm days. She started incubating thirteen...
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    Broody's Broody!
    Kindra
    • Jul 10, 2021

    Broody's Broody!

    We don’t usually name our hens. We did at first: Henny and Penny (Buff Orpingtons), Beatrice, Bernadette, and Brigitta (Light Brahmas),...
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    Vanilla Glen
    Emily
    • Jul 7, 2021

    Vanilla Glen

    BEAT THE HEAT WITH A NATURAL, REFRESHING BODY SPRAY We enjoy using Weleda’s Sage Deodorant from Azure Standard. Its scent is subtle, it...
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    Homestead in a Heatwave
    Kindra
    • Jul 3, 2021

    Homestead in a Heatwave

    My dad was a quintessential, salt-of-the-earth farmer. He used many colorful expressions to describe everyday events. One of them came to...
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    The Cream is the Crop
    Emily
    • Jun 30, 2021

    The Cream is the Crop

    PLENTIFUL CREAM IN THE HOMESTEAD KITCHEN One of the great blessings of having a family cow is the abundance of cream produced every...
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    Comfrey
    Kindra
    • Jun 24, 2021

    Comfrey

    A HOMESTEAD WONDER PLANT Last year when animal food at the local co-op was in short supply, we began to think again about ways to grow...
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    Homestead Photojournal: 6.20.21
    Emily
    • Jun 20, 2021

    Homestead Photojournal: 6.20.21

    BLOOM TIME June on the homestead is not all about work. Certainly there is an abundance of work to be done--more that we will ever...
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    A Sabbath Walk
    Kindra
    • Jun 16, 2021

    A Sabbath Walk

    RESTORING THE SOUL Each day of the week has regular chores that must be done: feeding the animals, milking the cows, watering in the...
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    All In
    Emily
    • Jun 15, 2021

    All In

    SPRING PLANTING: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED This past month and a half has been a busy time on the homestead--a time of blog silence and...
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    Growing Onions from Seed
    Emily
    • May 7, 2021

    Growing Onions from Seed

    ALLIUM RESILIENCE ON THE HOMESTEAD This is the time of year for starting all of the homestead's crops--some in flats, others in...
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    Glory in the Morning
    Emily
    • Apr 26, 2021

    Glory in the Morning

    Every day is a gift. Each morning brings with it new challenges, new dreams, and new hope for the day ahead. But some mornings on the...
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    From the Ground Up, Part II
    Kindra
    • Apr 23, 2021

    From the Ground Up, Part II

    GROWING VERTICALLY Once we settled on a garden bed configuration in our greenhouse, a geodesic dome from Growing Spaces, we looked for...
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    Coconut Gelato
    Kindra
    • Apr 13, 2021

    Coconut Gelato

    MANY EGGS MAKE FOR A CREAMY HOMESTEAD DESSERT In the spring of the year we have a wonderful problem: too many eggs. We share some, sell...
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    Homestead Honeyberries
    Emily
    • Apr 13, 2021

    Homestead Honeyberries

    THE EARLIEST FRUIT IN THE HOMESTEAD GARDEN Among the many trees and bushes that produce fruit in our homestead garden, honeyberry bushes...
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    Hello, Violette!
    Emily
    • Apr 8, 2021

    Hello, Violette!

    ADDING A FIG TO THE GROWING DOME In the homestead's greenhouse, a growing dome from Growing Spaces, we have enjoyed being able to develop...
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    Let in the Light
    Emily
    • Apr 7, 2021

    Let in the Light

    SPRING CLEANING IN THE GREENHOUSE If you haven't already, now is the time to clean the transparent walls and ceiling of your greenhouse....
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    From the Ground Up, Part I
    Kindra
    • Apr 2, 2021

    From the Ground Up, Part I

    GREENHOUSE LAYOUT AND DESIGN When we began to consider ideas for the layout of our greenhouse, we wanted to use space as efficiently as...
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