luna acres

The last month we have been focused on the shop. We gutted the little shed beside the front porch, put up ty-vec, closed in the wall, moved in cabinets, built shelves, and spent not nearly enough time yet organizing the tools from around the property. It has finally come together, despite still needing a bit more organizing (okay, a lot more), but it looks great! Jonathan, my dad and my cousin Billy did most of the work (I helped a little). We used all materials that we already had. This isn't exactly a "farm project", but with this new shop set up we have the larger shed to use as our barn! Thanksgiving is tomorrow. I am very disappointed that I won't be eating a pasture raised, organic bird that I raised, but there's always next year. Yeah, definitely next year. Best wishes to everyone! Angela and Jonathan construction! a mess tools dad and billy cutting oak boards for the walls cabinets Jonathan helping build the motorcycle shack the men at work finished, excep...

japanese maple It has been a productive week, without a penny spent.  the shop- after losing a cabinet and creating the tool wall the transformed rabbit hutch complete with functioning doors! the new brush pile relocated compost pile - dog proof fresh stain on the front steps The last week has been busy busy busy working around the house, the future farm, the homestead. We haven't had any money to spend on  anything  but we have still managed to get a few projects done. The rabbit hutch we were given by a neighbor has been revamped with a fresh coat of paint, new hinges, and now new doors. The compost has been moved, a real pile started. The field has been mowed, the garden marked out. The shop created, organized and reorganized, yet still unfinished. Firewood has been an ongoing chore which will continue at least until the end of the month; it would help if the chainsaws quit breaking. Next week will be productive in outside areas; we are going to stay with my sister's f...

We have been incredibly productive the last two weeks since we came home. Most of our efforts have been focused on building and organizing the new shop (quite an endeavor), but we did find time to plant garlic we snagged at our first trip to the Grandin farmers market. This morning we harvested the remaining basil to dry. I'm going to paint some pretty glass jars to put it in come spring. Do you think there's a market for organic grown and dried spices in hand painted jars? We also marked off the area of our future garden, which has me so excited to find graph paper and begin planning it out. Our first real big garden. Life is pretty incredible. planting garlic garlic point of view we planted 50 cloves total mmmm water them in! basil drying the garden to be  the shop-in progress Live simply, Angela and Jonathan