Meet the officially unofficial Lady Wilde herbal tea! A gorgeous blend of home grown, hand picked flowers of mallow, lavender, and rose coupled with a touch of chocolate mint. As would be expected, the smells are floral and heavenly. When the drying is complete, I’ll let you know how it tastes. Nutrition and Benefits: MallowContinue reading “Share Some Greased Tea With Me…”
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Summer Harvest
The harvest is in full swing and each day we collect a little basket of goodies to enjoy. Today we have some blackberries, heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, plum tomatoes, chocolate mint, fresh thyme, sage, lavender flowers and dill. What delicious haul!
Backyard Economy
All the initial startup work is paying off! We’ve got tomatoes ripening on the vine (and they are tasty!), roses are in bloom, strawberries galore, purple pole beans, onions, herbs, and the fall garden sprouting! I absolutely love the homesteading life. I get to feel the satisfaction of harvesting the literal fruits of my labor,Continue reading “Backyard Economy”
Victory Garden
Increasingly it appears that much of our modern society is becoming more and more uncertain. In the last two years I’ve heard, and have asked myself questions like… Do our votes really count? Can we afford gas prices much longer? Will this inflation ever quit? Are food shortages really on the way? With so manyContinue reading “Victory Garden”
Reaping What You Sow
It feels good when you begin to harvest the fruits of your labor. The whole family gathered around the bountiful crop, hands in the dirt eager to find… where is it? Ah, there it is… the first one. Oh yeah. Littles aren’t always very big on doing the labor part, but when it comes toContinue reading “Reaping What You Sow”
Happy Hen House
The time has come! Our once fluffy butt chicks have graduated into 3 pullets and a rooster ready to spring the brooder. So, yesterday we put them out in the coop for the first time. It’s been bittersweet for the humans, but the birds couldn’t be happier. They have room to run and scratch aroundContinue reading “Happy Hen House”
Cultivating The Dragon
We at the Artful Homesteader have embarked on a perilous and unconventional journey. One full of danger and suspense. Exciting and hopeful, yet unpredictable. This trek must be traveled with careful attention to detail, and precise measurement. This perilous mission is growing, propagating, and fruiting the prickly dragon fruit plant right here, in Northwest Washington.Continue reading “Cultivating The Dragon”
Modding The Quad Squad
If you’ve been following me the last few weeks then you know I’ve been working on a chicken coop for my four chicks. The coop is coming along nicely, and my girls are pretty happy mother cluckers living in the main room of the house (at least for another week). They are the stars ofContinue reading “Modding The Quad Squad”
Beautiful Blossoms
Food Forest In Bloom
The warm weather has arrived in the Pacific Northwest after what seemed like eons of rain, snow, random hail storms (in April??), and then more rain. The strawberries have been very happy about the excessive water though, and today we picked our first ripe berry of the season. We shared it as a family, andContinue reading “Food Forest In Bloom”
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