update on Black Raspberries

Thought I’d post a short update on my black raspberry pruning experiment. I went down to the woods to check them out as it’s just starting in on the raspberry season here.

Well, with all this rain the raspberry brambles are sprawling all over the place. So, despite my fairly severe trimming in early [...]

Black Rasperry Pruning Experiment

Lucious black raspberries are all over the woods at Blue Egg Farm.

I absolutely love black raspberries! And they’re growing so prolifically in the woods at the farm. The main problem is that they’re in such a tangle that it’s hard to get into a patch to pick those terrific berries when they [...]

Why Homesteading?

There are relatively few people who dream of gardening as a primary food source, raising animals that they will butcher and eat, building an alternative house that save an enormous amount of materials and energy over something “conventional”, and generally living closer to the rhythms of the Earth.

Why? Because the majority of [...]