Ma here. A few years ago, Pa spotted this cart in the road ditch on a trip into the city. We determined if it was still there when we drove back by it would be ours. Well, it was, and it got dropped on my head loading it into ole Blue, earning it it’s name. Continue reading
Category Archives: Homesteading
How Much Rain Would A Rain Catcher Catch If A Rain Catcher Could Catch Rain?
Sorry I am late yet again but it has been one heck of a busy last couple of weeks around the OKA. The good news is I have a huge update for you this evening and there are more in the pipe mostly in the way of bee related videos and pics but more on that later. Continue reading
Rooter Pot Update and Other Things Goin On.
Other Peoples Trash
I made friends with a guy from down under, a fellow permie and an aficionado of all things nitrogen-fixer. We’ve made a couple trades and this go round I ended up with some varieties that are going to be questionable at best for the climate here on the farm. Continue reading
Sprung!
The last few days I have been getting my chop and drop on. Continue reading
NYALS – Not Your Average Laundry Soap
Ma here. This morning I had to mix up a new batch of my homemade laundry detergent. We call it NYALS – Not Your Average Laundry Soap. Continue reading
Memories on the Line
Ma here. Nothing in the world quite like the smell of clothes dried in the great out of doors in my humble opinion. Continue reading
The Rooter Pot Experiment Pt. 01
I saw these Rooter Pots a while back and thought I might like to give them a shot. I made the purchase and then researched them. I didn’t find much on them so I hope that’s not a terrible thing. They are basically a special built tool for air layering. I have tried with a plastic bottle and I have tried with plastic Continue reading
They want you to feel good about the poison you spray.
This RM43 Weed Killer business showed up in my facebook feed the other day. I guess it showed up there because I tend to like gardening and general messing around on the farm. Now, what I do not like is spraying poison. Now, I figure at the very least all Continue reading
Projects, Rentals, Uncles and More
Ma here. Meet the Rentals! Who are the Rentals you ask? Well, of course, the Rentals are parents, the paRental types… Here specifically are my Rentals. They flew all the way from sunny Florida to visit Off-Kilter Acres.