The garden has gone to weeds. Only the peas, beans, tomatoes and mammoth dill can be seen over the sad tangle. It got away from me. Not in the same View Article
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Selling the Farm & Airbnb Burnout
This was written shortly before COVID hit then not long after that, we found out our son had a foot-long tumor tangled up inside his spinal column. We knew so View Article
How to Package and Ship Hatching Eggs in the Mail
Our little egg operation sells hatching eggs to the lower 48 US states from our Homestead in Maine. They have shipped out to California, Florida and Texas. To insure their View Article
Two Feet of Snow and Still Falling
In the last 24-hours two feet of snow has settled over the landscape. Having been in the midst of some serious coop and hutch upgrades we had to hustle to View Article
March Homestead Update
WE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO CHANGE OUR NAME DUE TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT BY MIDDLE-EARTH ENTERPRISES. WE ARE NOW “WHEATON MOUNTAIN” FORMALLY KNOWN AS “HOBBIT HILL”. Homestead Update written on 3/13/19 View Article
Spitting snow and a heavy frost
Our laundry was froze stiff on the line this morning. The dogs moved a little quicker on their morning walk. Frost glistened in the grass as we made our way View Article
Growing Vegetables in Short Season Climates
Quoted from Burpee Seeds, need to re-write with Maine Specific Content: Many gardeners think of the time period between the last spring frost and the first frost as the growing View Article
Keeping the Chicken Run Clean
I rake leaves up, lawn clippings, and toss in a bucket of sand after a good rain at one end for scratching and dusting in. I generally try to rake View Article