Since my last field guide update in June, my spreadsheet has at least doubled with entries. Plants 81 Fungi 27 Insects 31 Arachnids 5 Mollusks 3 Amphibans 3 Birds 3 Mammals 0* Other Species 2 Total 155 current count via spreadsheet~ Since most of June was a literal wash, a lot of these new observationsContinue reading “homestead field guide: summer update”
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back yard update: kultur-ing some hugels
Despite the extreme hot weather we’ve been granted here in Maine and everywhere else (totes an outlier though), I’ve sort of finished the hardest portion of building these hugelkultur mounds. It’s been a relief and sign of progress now that I’ve got the beds filled with all the various cardboard, loose branches and spent soilContinue reading “back yard update: kultur-ing some hugels”
rain blessings ๐ฆ
The end of April really came for us here in Maine and now that we’ve had some summer-like days, the homestead is filling out~ My hard work of blowing dandelion (l) seeds all over the driveway every time I took the dogs out is paying off. While I’m still trying to get things established inContinue reading “rain blessings ๐ฆ”