Otherwise titled ‘Bucket Brigade Workparties’, ‘The Mighty Mattock’, ‘The Internet just Ain’t no Big Thing’, and of course ‘Thank you Vermont!’ Y’all might have noticed that we skipped last month’s new moon post. It was Nick’s birthday, my (Kelda's) Mom was in town and we headed the hour and half drive to Fayetteville, Arkansas. We ate locally grown organic food, walked in the rain, and got an awesome tour of Tri-Cycle Farm. Thank you Jan Spencer for pointing us that directio

It’s finally winter around here. The temperatures have been dropping into the teens and 20’s overnight for over a week and the shaded north side of the house isn’t getting above freezing during the day. Our garden continues to grow though, the broccoli is as large as my fist and we are still harvesting salad greens, mizuna, beet greens, turnip greens, and more. Kelda and I go back and forth on how much rope to give the chickens (2 aracaunas, 4 australorps, and 2 brahmas). We