We spotted a flock of these tiny birds on our willow tree. They are the smallest type we have seen on the homestead to date! I use google lens to help identify species whenever I capture an image on my

Today we awoke to a blanket of sparkling snow. Brisket had to don his Fashion Monster jacket and greet his colleague, the livestock guardian dog, Amaroq. The barn cats seemed unfazed by their first time

Igor is strutting his stuff! We are so thankful for our son joining us here on the homestead. He is truly a poultry whisperer. Animal magnetism intensifies! Hope all are enjoying this day of gratitude!

Up until 2021, we led a typical life in a Southern California suburb. My husband had a good job as an IT professional. Our adult son worked and paid rent. I was developing a productive micro-farm with

It's been a LONG sojourn since last I posted. So many things have happened. We moved and we are farming 40 acres in NE Arizona! I cannot wait to share with everyone here on the blockchain. Here's just

Welcome to the world, little ones! It's nearly a year since we got our first rabbit, Devon. For some reason, he failed to help nature run its course with the does, so in July we went ahead and bought a

Alpine "Funnel Lake", two miles above sea level in the Eastern Sierras. Last week, I shared with you all about my trip with @Mattlovell to the Eastern Sierras at Lone Pine, CA. After exiting

Here's a new experiment: Sprouting locally-grown garnet sweet potatoes in jam jars, and planting them! These sweet potatoes sat in Mason jars for about a month, unfurling lush foliage and vigorous root

It's only a 14 mile drive from the city up to the picturesque village called Green Valley Lake. The artist's community here opens its homes up to tourists every year, and there are many air bnb and other

Horses graze in the sprinklers during the Golden Hour in Lone Pine, CA. Welcome to the Eastern Sierras! Lone Pine, CA is a charming little town on Hwy 395 right below the foot of Mt. Whitney, tallest peak

After taking a sabbatical last year, Madam Fig Tree is proving her worth again, showering us with almost daily harvests of bountiful bowlfuls. The biggest and prettiest ones get eaten fresh out of hand,

The old peach tree gave us its all this year. Big, juicy, and ruddy, these peaches continue to come on even now that the season has almost drawn to a close. Peaches are such a fussy fruit to handle. They

This Mammoth Sunflower towered over the garden for months, drawing delightful Yellow-Green Vireo birds all spring. In July, I finally cut it down to try to harvest its fat, stripey seeds. Vireos visit

Here's a garden winner! Lovely little green pumpkins, dangling on the trellis. Well, technically they are a type of turban squash called "Buttercup". So far, I have harvested about 6 of these.

It's that time of year again! My favorite blackberry picking creek is busting out juicy treasure all over the place! These are the fullest bracts of ripe berries I have ever seen. I picked upwards of a

Existential dread threatens to chew me up and swallow me whole, at the same time. There is no place for me in the Transhumanist 20 minutes into the future. The semantic trash fire has swelled into a complete

What are this??? This fungus suddenly appears during the hot, humid days of midsummer. It is fleshy as a toadstool, but evidently, it emerges in perhaps some sort of liquid form before solidifying around

Planet Earth is so interesting, how does anyone ever want to leave? I snapped these pics in front of the police station before a Community Emergency Response Team meeting. Luckily, a new member who happens

The Multi-Sunflower dominates the southwest quadrant. Hello, Steemit! I have been dumbfounded, slackjawed in pure bliss over the fecund midsummer farming life. Feel free to compare where my garden was

Yesterday, I pruned the fruiting Mulberry, and guided my son to weave a delightful Wattle Fence round to contain future summer squash. At first, he drove in 24" pieces of rebar about a foot apart,