I had heard the term ‘chill hours’ before, but never really paid attention to it figuring that living in the Midwest everything got plenty of chill over the winter. As I was reading the fruit tree section of a particular garden book, it began discussing the ‘chill...
Before you toss the tree!

Before you toss the tree!

If you are one of us that spends too much money on a fresh Christmas tree, let’s do one more thing with it before we toss it (compost it, burn it, give it to the goats…whatever you do with yours), Let’s infuse some vinegar! Did you know that vinegar...

Learn something new everyday…

If you would like to become keenly aware of how little you know about nature and wild life, get a hobby farm and dive right in. Even if you know a lot of stuff about growing food and caring for animals, you will be shocked along the way by the amount of things you...
We’re Growing…

We’re Growing…

Spring is here and the green is coming! Outside our cold season crops are coming up nicely: radishes, beets, spinach, snow peas, sugar snap peas, collards, onions and (pictured right) yummy garlic. Looking forward to starting some broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage,...
Who Owns Our Seeds

Who Owns Our Seeds

I have learned so much this summer in the garden! I have been able to try out many of the techniques that I’ve been learning about over the last couple of years, and one of them is seed saving! It is so much fun, and there is such a great feeling of self...

Change is a good thing…

We are saying goodbye to “Mud Water Farm”, and introducing “Now and Not Yet Farm”! The ‘farm’ has changed and grown in a number of different ways from when it was born as ‘Mud Water Farm’, and so has the goal and vision...