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I’m a Terrible Farmer.

Posted by yellowbirchhobbyfarm May 11, 2016 chickens, ducks, gardening, homesteading, pigs, ponderings, Uncategorized farming, gardening, homesteading, selfsufficiency 7 Comments

Do you ever have conversations with yourself…about yourself? Tell me I’m not the only one. Not that I’m so self-involved…or even that I’m crazy. I’m not. Really. But because we’re in the upswing of gardening season, when there is so much prep work to do, and every single naptime (in fact, every free moment) is […]

The Beauty of Sustainability

Posted by yellowbirchhobbyfarm Jan 29, 2016 chickens, companion planting, ducks, gardening, homesteading, hugelkultur, permaculture, pigs, ponderings, rabbits, repurpose farm animals, gardening, homesteading, hulgelkultur, permaculture, polyculture, recycling, self-sufficient, selfsufficiency, sustainability 2 Comments

“There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in his hard work…” – Ecclesiastes 2:24 It was almost dark and we were still outside tossing large hunks of the rotten Mountain Ash tree that my husband finally cut down for me. It laid the foundation for the final […]