5 Acres & A Dream
May 9, 2019

Ten Years

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Ten years ago, Dan and I bought the property that has become our homestead. A decade seems like a true mile marker and a good time to take a...
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May 5, 2019

Grain Growing: Upland Rice

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Dan and I enjoy brown rice, but until recently it didn't occur to me to grow it. That's because I always envision rice in paddies, w...
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May 1, 2019

Soil Building Experiment #3: Hay Growing

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Hay fields = hidey places for mice = good hunting. Last year I started a series of blog posts on building better soil. Some of you may ...
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5 Acres & A Dream. The dream has always been to live close to the land. The five acres came in 2009, when my husband Dan and I bought a neglected 1920s-built bungalow on a piece of old farmland. The goal is simpler, sustainable, more self-reliant living, and a return to agrarian values.
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