What got done this week: What didn’t get done: What needs to get done next week:
Reflections: 9/2-9/8
What got done this week: What didn’t get done: The only thing I planned to get done this week that didn’t was planting out the perennials. It still feels too hot, but I know it’s going to get cold, quick. What needs to get done next week:
Homesteader’s Peach Harvest: Bartering, Canning, and Dehydrating
Holy peaches, Batman! Fresh off the tree, peaches are only good for about a week. They seemed to ripen over about a month overall, but what the tree yielded this year is way more than any two people can eat in a month. We ended up giving away quite a few peaches. One woman even…
Fall is in the air!
The first week of September is behind us. Mornings now that that touch of chill letting us know winter is around the corner. The first frost date is now on the horizon, a mere 35 days away for my 6A/5B garden zone. The peaches did fantastic this year — I am seeing folks with a…
The half assed homestead
I started this blog a pretty long time ago, but I’m not an expert at anything to do with gardening or homesteading. In fact, my homestead is pretty half assed at this point. My chicken coop is too dirty, weeds overtake everything every year, I let produce go bad before using it. My plants get…