So far we have found at least 7 apple trees on the property. Weldon is excited that he has one of the trees right outside his window so each day he will be able to look and watch them grow. He wants to put up a tent and wait under the apple tree so as [ Read More ]
Archive for June, 2010
Categories: Day to Day stuff, Homesteading, Uncategorized
Worms arrived on Thursday June 24th in the afternoon. It took a day longer than it was supposed to and upon arrival there were a lot less worms than were advertised. It was supposed to be 2 lbs of worms if there was ¾ of a lb I was lucky. So far the worms are [ Read More ]
Categories: Composting, Day to Day stuff, Homesteading
It is official, we are now the proud owners of a 2600 square foot farm house built in 1908 on 9.6 acres of land. The closing itself only took 36 minutes. We signed our paperwork, picked up the boys and went to the new homestead. It has a majestic Maine beauty that is indescribable. Internet [ Read More ]
Categories: Day to Day stuff
I’ve been going to the new homestead almost every day for the past week. Either a short trip with the boys to explore the woods or mow some of the piles of grass I should just rake up. Not going inside the house because it isn’t ours yet. Today I forgot to bring the camera [ Read More ]
Categories: Day to Day stuff, Husqvarna LGT-2554, Maine Wildlife
I’ve been looking for weeks for a way to get these worms local but nobody I could find has them. All of the bait shops have nightcrawlers and other types of worms but no red wigglers. I could have gone to a local farmer and seen if I could go through their manure pile to [ Read More ]
Categories: Composting, Homesteading
It took me all of 30 seconds to confirm what I already knew, I needed a riding lawn mower if I am going to mow our new property. After a little over 3 hours mowing with my friends mower the belt broke. This put the ball in motion that landed me with a brand new mower [ Read More ]
Categories: Day to Day stuff, Husqvarna LGT-2554
I only had an hour before I had to be at work, but it was a relaxing hour on an overcast day in Northern Maine mowing the lawn. I realize a lot more now that the 10 acres is a lot of land to mow. The part that I have to mow is probably only [ Read More ]
Categories: Day to Day stuff
My knife of choice that I strap on every day regardless of whether I am spending a day on the farm, a night in the woods or an afternoon in town is a KA-Bar D2 Extreme. It is a beautiful knife featuring a 7” part serrated clip point blade crafted out of D2 steel with [ Read More ]
Categories: Camping, Survival Gear
Wicked Good news on the Home Front. Looks like the closing date will be on June 25th. We may actually be able to get in a few things in the garden this year at the new house. I didn’t think we would be able to. With the short growing season it will be a race. [ Read More ]
Categories: Homesteading
Sourdough? Who would ever want to eat sourdough? Well as the old saying goes, don’t knock it until you try it. I fell in love with sourdough overnight. I don’t remember ever having it as a child, I probably did, but I just don’t remember it. It was such a different taste and my first [ Read More ]
Categories: Cooking
