The Permaculture Homestead

Time to get back to planning the future forest garden on the land. I'm already coming up with ideas for the orchard/fruit tree guilds. #permaculture #foodforest #edibleforestgarden #permaculturedesign #permaculturewomen https://www.instagram.com/p/CJCGqCELMo6tn16MHZkC8uijIpj7PsfHhOMezU0/?igshid=9dfk75vi55aq

Time to get back to planning the future forest garden on the land. I'm already coming up with ideas for the orchard/fruit tree guilds. #permaculture #foodforest #edibleforestgarden #permaculturedesign #permaculturewomen https://www.instagram.com/p/CJCGqCELMo6tn16MHZkC8uijIpj7PsfHhOMezU0/?igshid=9dfk75vi55aq

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Loving this book! I'm only a few chapters in, but I can tell it's going to be a good one. #braidingsweetgrass #indiginousauthors #permaculture #permaculturewomen https://www.instagram.com/p/CBOF_aIDc-WFr2IGy6Bx_TztcTkM-g69mb0mwo0/?igshid=1t72zi7rwapfs

100 sweet potatoes planted tonight! She was really a lot of help and I loved that she actually enjoyed helping. 93° was so hot even in the evening so I'm glad all the planting is done. 382/1000 #1000hoursoutside https://www.instagram.com/p/CBHiYghjhp6KsdIxAf1SrSfoweitNRp0qVUWis0/?igshid=1709nkzibjikv

#blackouttuesday https://www.instagram.com/p/CA75EL9An_mFUADpZPr_55hw5gLDKpfv42Ei8c0/?igshid=k6gjz8souoj6

Just got my handcrafted tea tree and jewelweed soap from @littlejaybirdfarm today! Just in time to help with my poison ivy hands! 😂 https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5--vXgVJeujX6MiBi3edgBXCdeX9QQucLHmU0/?igshid=1jrhtrtvoclqv

Couldn't figure out for the life of me what these tracks were! Until I followed the tracks and found this guy, Eastern Box turtle! 350/1000 #1000hoursoutside #wildschooling https://www.instagram.com/p/CAyv3q-jjd7yTlTtSZu4iOj_BbaIXlrB-Al-iw0/?igshid=zn83ck5m6fa1

Fun evening last night exploring. We discovered a female crawfish with her tail full of babies! Gavin went "fishing" in the stream, saw a deer and we identified different tracks in the mud. Rabbits, worms and I think a centipede. 348/1000 #1000hoursoutside #hobbyhomestead #wildschooling https://www.instagram.com/p/CAxiX4ajAZ91WJINqhEVZQfEOSIaoklJIOz_0A0/?igshid=1h5ikc3vlo82c

I think the most important thing I've started doing as a gardener is keeping records and a garden journal. I keep track of how many pounds of vegetables I've harvested, experiments I've conducted, what went right/wrong, how I think I can fix it in the future, when seeds were started and planted. I know how much I need to plant because I've tracked the yields certain varieties produce on average. It's been indispensable being able to go back over the last 5 years of gardens and learn from my mistakes and experiments. Because let's face it, no matter how much I think I'll remember something, I'm going to forget by the next year! #hobbyhomestead #gardenjournal https://www.instagram.com/p/CAvV10TjeAntP9AggW4yTV1xmoj1NPHhGco6wo0/?igshid=650on04vwlf4

Decided to experiment with air layering propagation. If it works, this will be an awesome way to obtain free trees! https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlyW4thVnVpqGmEplgxvyOmj8ffcuqvoRXNjc0/?igshid=13pm16ny8fw6i

Fun evening exploring. Sophie held her first baby snapping turtle! She also saw a fish in our little stream that flows through the land. Then we found several crawfish, frogs, geodes and cool rocks. 320/1000 #1000hoursoutside #wildschooling #snappingturtle https://www.instagram.com/p/CAjU4LZjHgwDsOkixZ49yHJr2t40w0YYa0M8Zc0/?igshid=fygthtwpyml3

Second basket! Not as pretty as the first, running out of good grape vines. But still useful! https://www.instagram.com/p/CAi4i3iBt4AucvXIxwatrueKXaIHOpA-H5byxs0/?igshid=1s3fynfuqz1i

I am so excited! I finally made a grapevine basket!!! Can't wait to fill it with garden vegetables this summer. #hobbyhomestead #1000hoursoutside #zerowaste #zerowastehomestead #basketweaving https://www.instagram.com/p/CAie4pNDmHO6YnCVIutOPiSLodkgp_JyL5vJk40/?igshid=1kx73row0il66

Our discovery this morning, a snapping turtle! Gavin nearly stepped on her (I think it was a female) but Sophie stopped him. When I told her it was a snapper, she started crying because she was afraid of her. After a while she was in love and was upset that I wouldn't let her handle her! 299/1000 #1000hoursoutside #wildschooling #nature #reptiles #snappingturtle #wildchild https://www.instagram.com/p/CAVbM8LjTQbtA_8O-NznYYXq-zAHT1PniIYL-Y0/?igshid=16fa4vt9mebk

#wattlefence #wildschooling #zerowaste #1000hoursoutside https://www.instagram.com/p/CATH7zMDz0zG8QPNpAV4CfAapv6ISdGNZ3SIAI0/?igshid=too855x0vxrv

I have some pretty awesome helpers in the garden. Got plenty of work done this morning. Planted winter and summer squash, okra, bush beans, purple pole beans, and Sophie worked on her very first garden bed that's all hers. She planted Mexican gerkhin cucumbers, echinacea, and a few other flowers! Kale worked on clearing a down tree and we used most of it for our garden bed borders and wattle trellises. 296/1000 #1000hoursoutside #wattlefence #permaculture #wildschooling #zerowaste https://www.instagram.com/p/CATHrApjUaNeEK4EvHvNAJgASkn7V7Htm-j8VU0/?igshid=3jauk7sj15e7