So to go along with the DIY Mutineer Hoe Handle I made the other day, I made several different wire hoe/cultivator attachments. Johnny's sells these, and once again I thought the $15 price tag was a little

Johnny's sells a Mutineer Hoe Handle for $49 plus shipping. I thought that was a little expensive so I decided to try and make my own. I went down to my local Home Depot and bought a handle for about $9.50,

Click image to view full size. This is a wonderful pile of composted horse manure at my neighbor's next door. Having access to it for free is like striking gold. Yesterday I dumped a bunch of it onto one

The rain finally stopped and I was able to get the last of the eggplant planted. This variety didn’t germinate as well so I don’t have full rows. Oh well, I’m sure they’ll still produce plenty for market.

This morning I managed to get some fertilizer down, lightly till, and plant half of my fall eggplant before the rain. This is Orient Express, a long purple Asian variety. The second row will be Pect Siam,

I got myself an EarthWay Precision Seeder a few days ago. It took me around 20 minutes to plant about 20 rows of sweet corn. Why, oh why did I wait so long to get one of these? It’s been raining for a

Click image to view full size. Being part of several farmers markets has incredible benefits. For instance, look at this wonderful wok of stir fried veggies from last night's dinner. In addition to the

Quick walk around of what's growing on here at the farm. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

Well it has been a busy couple of months here on the farm. I figured I'd just do a quick update this morning and show off how some of the stuff is growing. The tomatoes are looking pretty decent. No stink

Today I added another 50 goldfish to the vertical aquaponics system. That brings the total to 200. Only 50 more to go. I'll add the last of them in a couple of weeks. I was happy to see that I have a bunch

Every muscle in my old body is screaming at me, but the strawberries are in. All 168 holes in the landscape fabric filled. I planted a mix of Quinault and Ozark Beauty, both ever bearing varieties. Normally

Well, it rained again this morning. Go figure. This afternoon, however, was quite nice out so I managed to get one little project completed. First an update on the sugar snap peas. They are growing so

My next door neighbor has around half an acre of oak trees in her front yard. She also has one of those pull behind yard sweepers for her riding mower. Yesterday she asked if I wanted a bunch of bagged

I transplanted a few of my tomatoes into larger pots this morning. It got me thinking about the economics associated with growing tomatoes. Click image to view full size. Tomatoes can be very lucrative

I was looking at this spot in the pasture and thinking I should get the tractor out, till it up, and get it ready to plant some Three Sisters corn, beans, and squash. It's just been so stinking muddy out

One of the other vendors brought a couple two day old baby goats to market today. They were so cute! That's all I got. Who doesn't love pictures with baby goats? Click image to view full size.

It's been raining. Almost every day. And it is supposed to rain again for the rest of the week. All this rain makes completing outside tasks difficult. It feels like my spring crop plan is just slipping

Running a homestead/farm involves quite a bit of work. So does writing a blog. I've been struggling as of late to find a happy medium and also include time to write software for my clients who pay the

Big shout out and thanks to @powellx5 for the awesome turtle. She ran a Steembay auction a couple weeks ago that I won, and it finally arrived. I thought I would do this short unboxing video to capture

This is my Smith & Wesson Bodyguard .380 'pocket' pistol. This was the second in a series of subjects I used one day when I was learning to use external flashes and colored filters with my DSLR camera.