Thinking Outside the Box With Your Fresh Hop Brew
Ahhhh… fresh hop season! Our favorite time of the year! We’ve been lucky – over the last 7 years we […]
How Do You Know When Your Hops Are Ready To Harvest?
One of the most common questions we receive around harvest time is “how do I know that my hops are
When Hops Are More Than Just Hops
Hops have traditionally fallen into two categories – bittering or aroma (or both). We believe that hops can also be
How To Tell If Old Or Self-Harvested Seeds Are Still Good For Planting
We just recently hosted a seed exchange and seed library checkout – a first for us. Some great and interesting seeds
How to Save Your Lettuce Seeds
How To Save Your Lettuce Seeds Lettuces are unusual in the manner that they complete their cycle and go
Groundhog Bees?
Well, Groundhog Day came and went and in this part of the world we didn’t have any groundhogs poking up
Making Crabapple Liqueur
We have three crabapple trees on our property that seem to produce a bumper crop every fall. When I was
How to Make Your Own Echinacea Tincture
Every year around cold and flu season we run out and buy a bottle of Echinacea tincture as a preventative from getting
West Coast Maple Syrup?
Who knew you could tap maple trees on the west coast and make your own maple syrup? This is a
Our Backyard Homestead
What a great year 2014 was! This was our first full year on our little farm learning how to grow and harvest