Hi all my reluxerendering readers! It’s been a while… I hope you are all finding solace in your gardens and homesteads this year. I know I am! On the Home Front I take care of my 80 year old dad. He’s still got global aphasia from his stroke 4 years ago. He can’t be trusted … More 2020 on the Homestead, Grow Your Own Spices (My First Book!), and @Exploresimplestead
I just posted photos a few weeks ago. But already our landscape has changed so much that I wanted to share a new update. Also, frankly, this is the first spring we’ve had that was near perfect in terms of plant development. We’ve had a few hot days, but they remained at or below 80F. We … More On the Homestead Late April 2020
Recently, we talked to some homesteading friends about how strange it is to be so insulated from most of the impacts of COVID-19. It’s like watching a movie. Yet, we know it’s real. We still have non-homesteading friends and family stuck in the thick of it. And unfortunately, there is no way we can insulate … More On the Homestead April 2020
I updated the design of this blog yesterday so that it would load faster on my computer. With the new layout, I noticed a trend with my posts. I start a lot of them with some variation of “It’s been a busy time on the homestead…”. When I saw that, I realized that I am … More Homestead Time
I’ve been quite busy since my last post on this site. Things on the homestead are going great. But, I got a little carried away with an unexpected project. Gardening Book Project I’m writing a gardening book! If that statement seems shocking to you, it was to me as well. I mean…I had ambitions of … More On the Homestead December 2019
The last few weeks have been a busy time. Between writing and video deadlines, upcoming projects, turning the garden to get ready for fall planting. going to dinner parties, throwing our own dinner party, and that trip to Nashville I wrote about in my post on Soilphilia the time has flown by. Now, I look … More On the Homestead August 9, 2019
I confess… I am an unabashed soilphile. In other words, I have a bad case of soilphilia. Now, soilphile and soilphilia may not be actual words that other people are using yet. But I hope they, or something like them, make their way into our human vocabulary. Personally, I think a love of soil is … More Soilphilia and Earth Overshoot Day – July 29, 2019
We have a rule in our house that we only turn it on when the temperatures are over 85 degrees Fahrenheit and it’s excessively humid. Well, it’s been on for about a week and there are no signs of us being able to turn it off during the day anytime soon. Summer is here and … More On the Homestead July 3, 2019
We had 19 consecutive days of heat over 85ºF in May with no rain. Keeping our cool season crops growing was the biggest challenge in the garden. Thankfully the Chinese cabbage matured just in time. So, we harvested about 60 heads of that. We made two five gallon batches of ferments and ate a lot … More On the Homestead June 2, 2019
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