Degriding

Our property was invited to participate in the First Annual Urban Farm Tour, Saturday, May 7 hosted by the Greenville Organic Foods Organiza...

This past year I began collecting and saving wood. Originally, we were planning to have a few wood stoves. That plan has changed since we ...

My brother Neil has created a really hoppy stout that resembles a Cascadian Dark Ale more than a stout. He called it Stout 13 since it was ...

I've brewed 13 batches of beer since I taught myself to brew about two years ago. This was a honey wheat ale where I used some of my ow...

We didn't use a fancy extractor when we collected the honey. Basically, we scraped the frames, wax and all, into a strainer and then we...

Olivia and Liam helped paint the supers as I bought them. I purchased three extra supers per colony for a total of six. I'll start mak...

I would say the first year was a semi-success although I think I might have had better luck brewing beer! We did order two nuc colonies eac...

The trees didn't die this year; in fact, they started growing taller!

Here is a picture of the kids prepping peas. Yummy!

We planted a dozen or so strawberry bushes next to the 16 raised beds, but they ended up getting over run by weeds, and now I'm not quit...

Originally, we had planned on planting some barley or wheat, but after tilling a plot out back by the bees, we just didn't get around to...

Here are some pics of the garden as it developed during March and April. It turns out I don't have any pics from when the garden was in...

Our garden this year began with Jen's starts under the light in the Winter of 2010. These racks were set up in our bedroom! The pic to ...

For the past several years we've been composting using two rubber maid bins with holes drilled in the sides and bottom. Jen bought some...

Here is an aerial taken off Google maps of our property. The house is center. You can see the pool and to the northwest of the pool are tw...

Yesterday I ordered not one but TWO bee colonies. Each package is $70 and includes a queen and 10,000 bees. Apparently, I will drive to th...

Take a look at our pretty new pantry. This doorway used to go into what I think was an old dining room. Jen thought it would be better as ...

I forgot to write that Jen also planted 2 teeny little cranberry bushes by the front walkway. They are small little guys! In utero is the p...

--2 raspberry bushes planted on south property line --Planted four dwarf apple, 2 dwarf cherry trees --Built sixteen 4' by 8' garden...

A quick list of completed projects to date (after all of the moving in and unpacking, of course): --One tree in the front yard was cut down ...