Today is a homestead update that covers germination challenges, losing heartbeats on the farm, early spring salad mix, and more.
Freeze Drying Webinar is Sunday!
Forage
- Wild mustard flower (and how I came to permaculture)
- Hairy vetch
- Dead nettle and watercress
- Green onions, brassica greens
- Red veined sorrel - The tale of the 4 year chard plant RIP
Livestock
- Lost 2 heartbeats this week
- Goats need more rotation
- 2 year land agreement for the sheep
- Fencing for sheep
- Pig decisions are hard (Lady got out!)
Grow
- Slow to wake - trees are flowering just in time for the last freeze
- Seedling update: Lettuce/peppers not yet germinated
- Last round of seeds are here: Tarragon
- Potatoes are in, seeds planted last week still have not germinated - the waiting is the hardest part
- Swimming in duck eggs
Holler Neighbors/Community
- Resumed holler dinners this week - holler family meeting
- Had the property blessed this week
- All the car trades
- Milk
- A word on homesteading solo
Infrastructure
- Outdoor shower is coming along
- Need to for real plant the living fence seeds
Finances
- Only purchasing bratwurst and cold cuts for the spring workshop this year - the rest was grown here
- Thanks to Ryan and Myles
Membership Plug
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!
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