On Our homestead
Progression of the 2021 corn planting and harvest
Hah, this time I'll combine the planting and harvesting of corn for the full 2021 season. Again, I'll work from the bottom up by date. Oct 2 Last of the Johnny Dewlan Blue Dent Corn. I had one ear with spouted seeds which I gave to the geese. Although we had some nights in the very low 40's F with beautiful days in the mid 70's, no frost yet. We did have a week of heavy rain that interrupted the planting of fall grains. Sept 27 Peak harvest of the Johnny Dewlan Blue Dent Corn Sept...
Progression of Planting the Spring Grains (2021)
Yes, a Cake made with Chickpeas!
Where have all the gardens gone?
During this past winter, I was looking online to try and find aerial photos of our farm from before we bought it in 1994. I came across Vintage Aerial. I could never find my place, but I have hope, they have many rolls posted that are not finished being indexed. I did find the 1963 series fascinating as I flew up and down the roads in my part of the county. The rolls included house after house along the path the airplane flew. I switched to Google Earth, sure enough there was a difference. Here is a particularly interesting set...
What should a survivalist homesteader grow if their apocalyptic garden needs to become their life sustaining farm?
