Homestead Happenings for August 18, 2022
Today we catch-up on integrating LGD's with our sheep, homestead bootcamp, creating a new garden bed, getting ready to leave, and more.
A word on next week - Nicole is out but there will be shows.
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Forage
- Goldenrod
- Elderberry
- Watercress
- Echinacea, other herbs
- Sassafrass leaves
- Fodder tree - final round
Livestock
- Pig is due - LB needs to go
- Forging steep sheep pasture
- LGD update: Arrival Cluster
- LGD Update: orienting them with the herd
- LGD Update: Orienting them on electrical fencing
- Baby
- Duck training problems
- Chestnut is sick
- Rats
Grow
- Back to watering the garden
- Green beans are slowly trickling in
- Tomatoes: 100 lbs so far
- Squash is abundant
- Sweet potato green explosion
- Waterchestnut is dying - not sure how I killed it (A note on growing food and killing plants)
- Time to harvest hops here
- One big last round this evening on the gardens and I am out for a week (Pins and needles)
- Seeded beets and carrots
Holler Neighbors/Community
- Homestead bootcamp
- Seeking trees and shrubs for the food forest class: Blueberry, cherry, apricot, crabapple
Infrastructure
- Expanding supplies for electrical fencing to make more paddocks in advance
Finances
Membership Plug
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!
Community
Advisory Board