-
Categories
Farm Friends
Farming Resources
Tags
beekeeping blackberry blueberry business canning conference cottage creek CSA deer diabetes education extension fence food desert food security garlic GMO greenhouse guatemala honey logging machete market mice Ned orchard peace corps planning salmon seedling shed site snow soil sample solar strawberry Sturm sustainability tomato tractor tree vegetables water wineArchives
Control Panel
Tag Archives: cottage
WorkParty
Oh dear, now it’s been even longer since I posted. Hopefully I can get back on track now! This month has been hectic, trying to finish up the house, and we’ve been living with a friend across the street in the … Continue reading
Pulling wire
On to electrical! We’re finally at the stage where we are pulling wire for the cottage. It’s surprisingly physical work, pulling all that wire through all those little holes. As Ryan and Sleep were helping me, Ryan mentioned that it … Continue reading
Mudroom
…is not a place to store mud. When we first bought the cottage in December, Emily was all about the idea of having a mudroom. “If we’re going to be farming, we’re going to need a place to take off … Continue reading
And she’s climbing the stairway…
We reached a milestone this weekend: we have stairs to the bedroom! This has been a long time coming, and there is (of course) a story. I have regular interactions with building officials in my job as an architect, and … Continue reading
Flattin’ up- and fruit!
Here we see Emily and Alison flattin’ up a bunch of seeds. A lot of these flat have to be prepared every spring, so that we can put all those eager little seedlings into the prepared beds. It makes for … Continue reading
East wall down
I feel a little bad that our farm blog is getting temporarily overrun as a house remodel blog, but that’s at least three quarters of what’s going on right now. Maybe that’s OK, though, as homebuilding and shelter have been … Continue reading
A registered apiary
Things are looking good on the beekeeping front: it appears as though all four of our colonies are going to make it through the winter (keeping fingers crossed!), and I just hived two new purchased colonies this weekend. This brings … Continue reading
She’s Got the Jack
…is a funny AC/DC song that keeps going through my head this week. Because this week is Jack the Cottage week. We’re pulling the rotting bits out of our little house, and to do that, we basically have to jack … Continue reading