Homesteading on 2 Acres – a Girl and her Dogs
Homesteading on 2 acres in a tiny house; a girl, her dogs, and some vegan recipes
As i get older and my auto immune disorder progresses i am forced to do things in a different way…slower and more incremental. It is endlessly frustrating because my mind still very much has adhd even if my body is heck bent on eating itself, and my brain only has two modes: “get shit done” …
Continue reading “Trying to Make a Dent in the Seven Trees I Need to Plant Before Winter”
Some people here use mesquite trees. Some use elm trees. Both will be the last to come back from winter’s hibernation. Once these trees bud, you can be sure the frost is over and its safe to plant your spring garden. This happened very late this year. The plant nurseries even held off ordering plants …
In the house the redbud tree, crape myrtle, and blackberry bush began to wake up from their slumber. In their minds, winter hibernation was over. Unfortunately, most of my fruit trees in the ground followed suit. Winter was not over by a long shot. In one week it would be 13 degrees and everything that …
Continue reading “The Plants Misjudged the Timing of the Last Frost”
Since i moved onto the homestead 5 years ago there’s been a number of mystery trees that were bush sized with oak like leaves but kept their leaves even when the oaks dropped theirs. I’ve always wondered what these trees were but they were too young to produce anything so there were no clues for …
It took me a while to decide if i was buying any trees this year. Financially, it just was not the right time. After doing taxes i realized i needed to rethink the budget and get rid of some things that society thought i needed to have that are just not built for the middle …
Continue reading “New Trees and an Accident that Shut Down the Highway”
Pictured above is the mimosa tree that existed in front of the house when i bought the property. It is shaded by the cedar tree that i call the “laundry tree” because it holds one side of the laundry line. Its been completely dug out of the ground by an australian shepherd and replanted once …
The drought killed the plum tree. You see, i have a sulfur well and some plants tolerate this water source better than others. Loquat and fig trees hate it. If i want to keep them alive i have to buy drinking water for them. This would be too expensive so i just no longer try …
Every year the pin oak loses its leaves and looks dead all winter. During the spring it jumps back to life, putting out thousands of little brownish red buds that open into tiny jungle green leaves which over time fade in color until the tree is an uneventful dark green that blends in with all …
At this time all of my oak trees, from the 250 year old tree to the one barely taller than me are dead or in some stage of dying. After a failed $4,000 treatment to try and save them i gave up and wrote them off as a casualty. The thing i leaned on for …
I knew we were set to get a cold front. Wind gusts up to 45 mph were forecasted. It ended up arriving shortly before nightfall. As the yard darkened i realized that the trees had grown considerably since i last pruned the branches. Oak branches were battering the laundry line and the cedar tree that …