We are always trying to improve our soil. We use our animals, coffee grounds, scraps, grow mushrooms, and even add leftover milk. We...

Last Saturday we were busy. We did some garden clean-up, and with some tears in the plastic of our hoop house, we decided to put our seed...

Today there was a break in the rain. It has rained and rained and rained and rained. We finally braved the mud and muck and headed for...

We have moved back and forth between various seed starting methods for years. Sometimes we plant directly in the ground in the hoop...

We are able to be sustainable on our farm with meat. Because we concentrate on larger animals for our meat, sustainability is possible....

Ellie usually joins me when I am milking. She will lay right down beside the milking stanchions, keep the cows and me company, sample a...

Back in the day, I had decided that maybe we should switch to guernsey cows. I had been doing my “research.” I had decided maybe...

Mike's grandmother, Pluma, was an amazing woman. She lived in the Appalachian mountains where they dip into northeastern Alabama. When I...

You would not consider us wealthy by many people’s standards. We have always been somewhat careful with how we spent our money. Early in...

Everything loves guinea or hates them. Their sound is some of the most annoying noise ever. It is SO LOUD!! We have had guineas for years...

After losing so many squash plants and dealing with so many bugs, we decided we needed to be smarter, much smarter. Enter a new variety...

We love squash. We have raised zucchini, yellow squash, butternut squash, spaghetti squash and pumpkin for years. Over the last several...

The single most dynamic change to our homestead has been the adding of the milk from our cows. One gallon a day will fatten a pig to...

The pigs and chickens are the clean-up crew of the farm. We plant kale for us and the animals. We plant lots of extra squash to store for...

If money is no object, then spend it on good breeding stock. Buy the best breeding stock you can afford from a breeder you trust. This is...

When we began to decide if we wanted sheep or goats, we began with lots of research and classes. We attended some wonderful classes...

It is so important to use seeds that grow well in your area. Here are some varieties of seeds that do really well where we live in zone...

It was evident that we needed to do something about our poor yields. Mike realized that we had to cut down some trees and move the...