Red Thumb Fingerlings. Ok, for starters, whoever named these potatoes probably shouldn’t quit their day job. It does no service to these divine little tater morsels. It’s our first time growing this potato variety and I will never NOT grow … Continue reading Why Did the Potato Cross the Road?
Nope, not a typo. As the season plays out, the Honeywwoofer Homestead has been revealing its hand of garden pests. The worst has been flea beetles and wire worms. Flea beetles eat holes in their favorite greens, and wireworms make … Continue reading Predatory Nematodes
It’s the time of year when northern alpacas transform from cute fluffy cartoons into absolutely ridiculous looking swamp donkeys. And we couldn’t be more excited! It’s our first alpaca shearing on the Honeywwoofer Homestead so we hired a professional shearer … Continue reading Here for the Shear
When Will and I were WWOOFing in 2015, we volunteered from the middle to the end of the outdoor growing season. Now as we fire up our first official market garden efforts on the Honeywwoofer Homestead, I have found myself … Continue reading Marathon May
Get pigs they said. It will be fun they said. #pigmistake. Do you know how fast a pig can run? Faster than me. Faster than Will. MUCH faster. Sustained 20-50 KILOMETERS AN HOUR, if we are being specific. Yesterday we … Continue reading Three Little Piggies Went to the Woods
Spring has sprung on the Honeywwoofer Homestead! With our house renovations wrapping up (finally), a new whirlwind has begun. It’s planting season people! Which means I got to play with our new toy- an Earthway Precision Seeder. Coming in at … Continue reading Don’t Do the Funky Carrot
In Canada, paramedics and emergency departments use the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) to help determine which patients need to be seen by a physician yesterday, or within 15 minutes, 30 minutes, etc. This week I’ve been contemplating the … Continue reading Duck Triage
(Not that kind of branding.) Trying to break into the farming industry is weird. It is easy to feel intimidated by generational farmers with big quotas, automation, and tractors that require ladders. Heck, I’m even a bit jealous of farmers … Continue reading Branding on the Homestead
We could all use a little extra joy these days, so have some chuckles at our expense! Directly from our farm to your scrolling device, we present the Honeywwoofer Blooper Reel. What does Rambo find most attractive about his ladies? … Continue reading Farm Bloopers
***DIY metal polish recipe at the bottom of my math infused rant.*** Will and I have been working on upcycling some very old cabinets. We got them from an assisted living complex that was upgrading their apartment kitchens. The whole … Continue reading Use What You Have
