What is the Harvest moon and what does it have to do with the modern day homesteader? Native American Indians named each of the 12 full moons each year. The Harvest moon is the full moon that is closest to the autumn equinox. This takes place September 11-12. The shorter-than-usual time between moonrises around the [...]
Summer seems to be in full-gear around the farm! This is what I’m talking about! Finally, my clothesline is up and in business! Four lines about 25 feet apart! All the rain kept us from installing this for far too long now, but it felt great yesterday to hang laundry and again this morning. Sometimes [...]
What a beautiful thing to come home to….new life! As you’ve been reading, I have been out of town for a few days in Chicago, visiting with my daughter Hailey. I’ve been checking in with my husband morning and evening to get the status on Daisy. As of Sunday morning, no “down there” changes for [...]
Bringing a little bit of nature in the home to observe is a wonderful thing. While we’re a bit out of season with the butterfly project but we’re still lovin’ it. We are hatching Painted Lady Butterflies. For about $3, you can get 6 caterpillars in this container with superpower food at the bottom. I’m [...]
This week has been busy, but ‘prioritized busy’ and that’s a good thing. One of my goals this fall/winter with my little homeschooled ones is to take advantage of our area’s wonderful natural resources, namely the parks and trails. The Dayton area is rich in parks, namely MetroParks, a very well run organization of parks and [...]
Summer in Ohio brings it’s share of joys and bad weather. Now that we’re out in the country, I can see more sky during storms than perhaps I am completely comfortable with. Look at this major storm cell coming in. We’ve had several weeks of off and on torrential thunderstorms. I caught this picture right before [...]
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