This past weekend I had the honor of attending the very first Little Creek Women’s Retreat at Battle Creek Ranch in Montana. The retreat was hosted by Caroline, the owner of Little Creek Montana. When I was still on social media, I followed Caroline on Instagram and was instantly inspired by her passion for raisingContinue reading “A House With a Crowded Table: Little Creek Women’s Retreat”
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The Magic of June
After what seemed like a whole month without rain, the rain finally came… and has kept coming. The ground that was cracked and desiccated for weeks suddenly became full of standing water and the garden and goat pen both flooded. Luckily when the rain stops for a little while, the water dissipates relatively quickly becauseContinue reading “The Magic of June”
We’re Back!
We’re back! Or I guess I should say we’ve been back, but we hit the ground running between our full time jobs and our long list of farm tasks and I haven’t had a chance to sit down and put my fingertips to the keyboard. So, first things first. While we were gone, the temperaturesContinue reading “We’re Back!”
To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
It’s official! The 2021 gardening season is underway at Elder Oaks Farm! Two years ago, we constructed a greenhouse that we purchased online. Our two summer gardens since then have been started completely from seeds with lots of trials, errors, successes, and failures along the way. Since we’ve gotten pretty good at growing our vegetablesContinue reading “To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow”
The Calm Before the Spring
Springtime on the farm is fast approaching. Although spring doesn’t technically start until March 20th according to the calendar, springtime on the farm starts much sooner – as in next week for us! Based on our growing zone (8b), we always start our first round of seeds in the greenhouse during the second week ofContinue reading “The Calm Before the Spring”
One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Fertilizer
We haven’t had a whole lot going on this week, but we did check one major thing off of our to-do list: winter compost utilization! Since we finished overhauling the empty garden areas last week, it was time to finally start moving some compost. We built our current compost bin with two separate sides toContinue reading “One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Fertilizer”
Cosmos and Zinnias and Tithonias, Oh My!
Now that the new year is in full swing, we are full steam ahead into this year’s farm planning and preparation. In 2019, we were so burnt out from all of our gardening and farm projects that we decided to take December “off”, meaning that all we did in December was the day to dayContinue reading “Cosmos and Zinnias and Tithonias, Oh My!”
New Year, New Eggs
We started off the new year with lots and lots of rain – so much rain that we had standing water all over our yard. Luckily the temperature was pretty mild, so the chickens free ranged in the rain without a care in the world. One morning when we woke up, we noticed a bunchContinue reading “New Year, New Eggs”
What a Week!
We started the week out with some of the coldest temperatures of the season and a few days of hard frosts. Although the frost makes everything look really magical, with the magic comes work – de-icing troughs, hauling water, dragging hoses, and making sure everyone has what they need to stay warm and safe. UsuallyContinue reading “What a Week!”
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