Editor’s Note: Two Things Thing one – Forrest Pritchard, owner of Smithfield Meadows Farm and author of Gaining Ground, has written a new book with Molly Peterson, and just like with th…

Original 'Robin' model leather mask Glossy and satin black calfbox leather High quality leather, middle thickness still flexible, smooth with a satin aspect. Also will definatly get a great patina through years !! Holler&Hood Leather Classic&Vintage Sportswear Dedicated to the Motorcycle riders, Drag racers, Airplan pilots, Hot-rodders and to all Roadrunners folks. Old school inspired,these masks are made within a rigorous selection, each skins got it's own texture and singularity, added to a large range of colors and tons, it makes each Holler&Hood leather mask authentic and stylish. Feature: A protective leather mask including a naturel vegetable tanned leather lining for best comfort. The nose and mouth location is perforated to admit a good ventilation and air supply.. A harmless soft pliers between the outside skin and the lining,to be modeled around your nose. An easy adjustable head elastic band is to be positioned right behind the top skull and above the ears. The neck straps Leather sewn on a first choice elastic band with a simple buckle to allow the strap free move and confort. Important : Take the time to get to know your mask. The setting of both neck strap and elastic head band has to be lite as the helmet locks the mask and gives you the opportunity to push it on front for more comfort in hot weather. Can be provided for left or right handed on demand as the choice of the decoration eyelets colors. Mask weight : from 1.763 oz to 2.645 oz approximately depending on leather and size. To keep your mask healthy, it should be cleaned up with glycerin leather soap, to finish with a proper nourishing cream or grease only on the outside skin. MEN SIZING : 3 sizes available Medium : average sized face with shorter chin Large : average sized face Extra large : strong face and neck The size table will help you find the most suitable mask size by taking measurements 1 & 2 based on the visual. 1 : tip of nose to base of chin 2 : around neck + chin (head up) Choose your mask sizing from measurement N°1 then neck straps length from N°2 SIZE + If longer neck straps are needed medium + up to 22.441 inch / 57cm large + up to 23.622 / 60cm extra large+ up to 24.803 inch / 63cm If your measurements don’t match the available sizes, you can contact me for a custom made model using the 4 measurements. 3 : between eyes —› tip of nose 4 : head circumference If you have a doubt about sizing check the four measurements from the drawing and then let me known so together we can definite the right size . Please, don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions to free your mind ! Handcrafted with pride in France Shipping This item is shipped from France via French post priority mail with tracking number and signature required upon delivery.. If you wish me to ship your goods by delivery transporter service you have to acknowledge the fact that the billing of the shipping will be at your charge. Thank you for interest and time Holler&hood © a registered trademark The 'Thunderbird' hog nose © a registered model https://www.etsy.com/fr/your/shops/HollerandHood

A charming time in a charming town "Me and Nellie watch to see who won Miss Hog Eye Holler this year. You don't find out who won 'til she comes floating down Lavender Lane on her royal float, waving and chucking candy at everyone. "How long ago was it that you won Miss Hog Eye Holler, Nellie?" I ask her. Nellie shakes her head and laughs. "Too many moons ago to count!" she answers. Nellie is still pretty as can be so it couldn't have been that long ago. Just as we are talking about it, who should come around the bend but Miss Sandra Jane Jacobs in her long lavender sequin gown and purple high heels on top of her pink and purple floral float. Sandra Jane is the older sister of Emma Jean, who is the girlfriend of Billy Ray Baxter, who is the hunk of Hog Eye Holler. So I'm just a tinge bit jealous that Emma Jean gets to ride up there on that float with her beauty queen sister. "I sure would like to ride on that float myself someday," I told Nellie, "but only if I can wear my over-alls instead of that skimpy long dress and high heels. I would trip for sure in those tall shoes right off the side of that float, trying to wave and throw candy at same time. I'd bust my front teeth right out, and then I'd look just awful for the newspaper photo." This is what I say so when the time comes for me to lose the Miss Hog Eye Holler contest, I won't feel quite so bad. Nellie smiles. "Oh, you still got a few years yet to practice." A summer like this comes along only once a lifetime | Author: Renee Riva | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform | Publication Date: Aug 29, 2017 | Number of Pages: 130 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 197589569X | ISBN-13: 9781975895693

Some of my favorite memories growing up on our farm are of those big farm breakfasts. Fresh eggs scrambled, farm fresh whole hog sausage patties, fresh cold milk with maybe a few specks of cream still floating on the top. And who can forget those big flaky buttermilk biscuits dripping with that home churned sweet cream butter. Maybe topped with some of mama's fig preserves, or strawberry, mayhaw, or maybe huckleberry jam. I remember my mother had this big tin potato chip container that she kept her flour in. She sifted it with an old tin sifter. Inside the flour canister was a big tin measuring cup. I am so glad I saved these after she died. It's amazing the little things that bring back such memories. The flour was sifted into her wooden biscuit bowl. Hand carved by her cousin and given as a wedding gift. In that same bowl I now make biscuits for her great grandchildren. BUTTERMILK BISCUITS 4 cups all purpose flour 1/4 cup sugar 2 tsp salt 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 stick frozen margarine or butter 1 1/2 to 2 cups cold buttermilk Preheat oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease cookie sheet or old pizza pan with shortening, margarine or spray with cooking spray. In a large bowl sift together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and cream of tartar. Mix well. I use Robin Hood flour as that is what is readily available in my area. Take frozen stick of margarine and grate into flour mixture. Mix well. Pour buttermilk into flour and butter mixture and mix well. Dough will have consistency of maybe a thick cottage cheese. This will make a very moist dough! Do not over mix. More or less buttermilk may be used. You want enough buttermilk to absorb all your flour mixture. Remember the consistency should be of a thick cottage cheese. Flour surface and turn dough onto flour and knead 5 or 6 times. Again do not over knead. Biscuits take a very light hand. Shape dough into rectangle about 3/4 to 1 inch thick. Use floured biscuit cutter or glass to cut into round biscuit shapes. Notice I just put a small hand full of flour on counter and knead right on counter. You can see the small flecks of frozen margarine in the dough. This is what helps to make your biscuits light and flaky. When you use your cutter go straight down, do not turn the cutter. If you turn it will make the sides tough. You can reshape and use the extra dough just remember not to work the dough too much. Place on greased cookie sheet or pizza pan almost touching and brush tops with melted butter. (When I was a kid my mother kept a tin of strained bacon grease next to the stove. She topped her biscuits with that bacon grease to help with browning . Sometimes she even used that solid bacon grease to make her biscuits instead of margarine or butter. Waste not want not : ) Place in HOT oven and bake until golden brown. Watch carefully because in that hot of an oven they will burn quickly. A few biscuit making tips: * Use a light hand and don't overwork your dough or you will make it tough * Bake quickly in a very hot oven * When cutting bring the cutter straight down in to the dough do not turn the cutter or you will make the edges tough. * How much liquid you use can vary from winter to summer and even by the type and quality of flour used. These measurements are a guideline only. Remember practice makes perfect. Once you make these biscuits often you will find the right measurements for your flour. Practice really does make perfect. * Try the frozen margarine trick with your pie crusts too. It works great ! And how do you serve these biscuits? With just about everything. Tonight I am going to have breaded baked pork chops, au gratin potatoes, wilted spinach salad and buttermilk biscuits. O Wise One's favorite way to eat these biscuits is split and drizzled with milk gravy. It's our quick supper after a long day working around the place or a Sunday morning treat. As for me I love them split and served with butter and my homemade cherry jam. Blessings from The Holler The Canned Quilter

In 1997 my husband and I purchased a 72 acre old dairy farm in the glaciated plains of Northern Missouri.A collection of rotting outbuildings and fences, a falling down farmhouse, some land leased out in row crops and the rest a forest. I had spent most of my life in the south. The daughter of a farmer I had gardened in one form or another most of my life. Just never north of zone 8. I had never experienced a northern winter or snow. I had never driven in snow much less gardened with the seasons. So for me it was learning to garden all over again. My husband had been born and raised here but had never had an interest in gardening until now. We named our farm Hickery Holler and we were off on a new adventure. Hickery Holler Farm now has 3 working vegetable gardens. An array of fruit and nut trees including peach, apple, plum, pecan, walnut, mulberry, wild cherry, hickory and persimmon. We have two ongoing large asparagus beds. A raised strawberry and rhubarb bed. You can also find grape arbors and even thornless blackberry vines. There are also lots of herbs tucked in the ornamental beds as well as the vegetable gardens. Although we do not supply all of our food we do supply probably about 80% of it. At least 2 out of 3 of our daily meals consist of what has been grown and preserved from these gardens. All organically grown, fertilized from the manures of the animals we raise here. Mostly chickens and rabbits. Very rarely do we use any pesticides or herbicides here on the farm nor do we choose to plant any genetically modified crops. Choosing instead to plant heirloom open pollinated varieties and save our own seeds in an effort to grow as healthy and frugally as possible. This is The West Garden facing the gravel road fronting our property and the newest garden. In production for 2 years this year we will plant cover crops and allow this garden to lie fallow for the 2012 gardening year. The West Garden sits beside one of our hay fields and therefore gets heavily grazed by deer. We usually plant a small amount of field corn there and dried beans. The field corn that has performed the best for us is Reid's Yellow Dent and we use it to help feed our chickens through the winter. Since we only keep about a dozen chickens during the winter we really don't require much. The Dried Beans usually include a horticulture bean for our own consumption, a pinto bean and sometimes field peas or black eyed peas which we pick enough for our own consumption and maybe can a small amount. The rest are disked into the soil as a green manure. Our gardens are not no till. We do work our soil with The Little Green Tractor. An older model tractor we bought second hand when we first moved here. It is used for mowing and disking the soil around the farm. We also own an old tiller that we use to till but try to do that as little as possible. We are thinking of going to no till for as we get older we like the idea of having to work the soil less. But for now we do own a tractor and tiller. We also own several vintage push cultivator, harrows and hoes that we continue to use when we can. This is what we call The Old Garden. It lies North of the house and beside the chicken yard. It is bordered on the north side by an old fence line of trees including a giant mulberry tree, wild cherry trees and an elm tree. It is bordered on the south side by a giant Hackberry tree. You can see the apple and plum trees just to the east of this garden. Just west of this garden is one of the asparagus beds and the chicken yard and house. This is very convenient for throwing those fresh pulled weeds to the chickens or tossing those over ripe veggies over the fence to the chickens. The Old Garden being worked up in the fall The Old Garden 2010. Cabbage, broccoli, peas and onions The Asparagus Bed just west of The Old Garden. The fencing is to keep the deer out. 2011 Early Spring Garden This garden has been in constant production for 14 years. It was the original garden that we first prepared right after we bought the farm. As you can see in the picture above it is still going strong. As the years progress it has gotten smaller because we have had to pull it back away from the ever growing shade of the nearby trees. To keep a piece of land in production this long without wearing the soil out requires the constant addition of organic matter. Lots of cover crops are planted and tilled under. Especially buck wheat and cow peas. We like lots of wheat straw mulch with newspaper underneath. You can see the apple, plum and peach trees beyond the garden and beyond that forest. This is the garden that we always plant our early spring crops in. Closest to the house, water and cold frames. There are always lots of compost piles going all over the farm. We tend to tuck them here and there where most convenient. All of these will be added to the gardens in one form or another. Above you see rotted compost in the middle and cornstalks in the far pile and straw in the pile nearest you. We compost everything from yard waste, grass clippings, straw, manure, paper,coffee grinds and eggs shells as well as anything that doesn't go to the chickens or pigs. Another compost pile by the cold frames. Peas, potatoes and lettuce in early spring in the Old Garden. Broccoli, lettuce and peas Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce and White Lisbon Bunching Onions Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage Kandy Korn Brandywine Tomatoes Sweet Green Garden Peas Australian Brown Onions The newest of the gardens this has been dubbed The New Garden. Original right! This garden was just first prepared last year (2011) due to the shrinking size of the Old Garden. It is just North of the Old Garden and the other side of the treeline of the old fence row. This is the largest of all our gardens and will now be the garden for our summer main crops. Sweet corn, tomatoes, beans and peppers, squash and melons. Rich black prairie soil well drained at the top of the hill. Just the other side of the chicken yard so we can still be close to throw things over the fence to the chickens and close to the rabbit pens. The view looking north from here is breathtaking. You can see for miles. This is near the northern border of our property and looks out over the neighboring farms. Beyond the garden another hayfield. OUR FELLOW FARMERS We try to always keep at the least a buck and two does of a large breed of domestic rabbit. Rabbit manure is the greatest for putting on gardens. It will not burn plants and does not even necessarily need to be composted although it makes the absolute best manure tea you can imagine. We feed them many of the left over apples and vegetables and in exchange get lots of wonderful fertilizer and meat too. Pigs are the garbage disposals of the garden. They love everything from corn cobs to pea shells. In return they make wonderful rototillers, Just put an electric fence around the garden and turn them loose. They can clean up a garden in no time. At the end of the garden season you have bacon and pork chops. Or a revenue from their sale. Never is my farm without a dozen chickens or so. They eat the bugs and help loosen the soil in my garden during the off season. Devour the small green weeds pulled during the growing season and all the chicken scraps from my kitchen too. Allowed to free range some of the time when the garden is not in full production. In return they give me meat and eggs just about year round. For the last 14 years I have kept Buff Orphingtons and love that they are so docile yet dependably give me large brown eggs even in the winter while still being a good meat bird and also hatching their own chicks. Versatile and easy to care for they are the right breed for me. They also contribute lots of bedding straw and manure for my compost piles and egg sales give me a small income from them. Starting Our Early Crops All of our early spring seedlings are started early inside on the homemade light stand made by my husband. We have a small greenhouse but find that most everything that we want to start early can be started right here on this stand and then moved directly to cold frames to harden off. Some are started in flats that have been recycled through the years. I bleach them in a mild bleach solution and store from year to year. If kept from direct sunlight they will last for many years. Once larger I transplant to recycled pots sometimes made from plastic drinking cups disinfected and saved from year to year Sometimes planted to recycled homemade newspaper pots Once the weather stabilizes they are transferred to cold frames to harden off before going in the garden. seeds drying in pie plates and awaiting storage over the winter. We find that over the years the garden has not only helped us to get exercise but also helped to nourish us both in body and spirit. By planting heirlooms and saving our own seeds, making our own light racks and cold frames and using as many recycled materials as possible and making our own compost. That we can garden with very little expense, without the cost of seeds and sprays and fertilizers makes a huge difference. We do continue to buy seeds occasionally but prefer to save our own. By rotating between these three gardens we manage to pretty well keep our pantry as well as two freezers full a large majority of the year. The Orchards and Beds Fruit and nut trees, grape vines, berry brambles and perennial vegetables such as asparagus are some of the greatest things you can invest in. Purchased once their harvest only increases over the years. I purchased one rhubarb plant almost 10 years ago and now I have a huge bed of rhubarb after dividing that original plant many times. The initial cost of many of our fruit trees has been far exceeded in what it would have cost for that much fruit many times over. A tip is always buy quality stock and put a little effort into soil amendment up front. Rhubarb Bed started in 2011 Strawberries and Rhubarb in a raised bed. Grape arbors in background plum tree in bloom Peach Trees in bloom. Doyle Thornless Blackberry Apple Blossoms July Alberta Peach Green Apples grapes Green Plums Heirloom Indian Bleed Red Peaches Apples Walnut Tree The walnut tree is the first tree we planted on this farm in 1997. Grafted by a cousin it has been bearing since 2010. rhubarb and strawberries a traditional combination Nothing better than fresh strawberries to go with that rhubarb. We replant strawberries every three years to keep our plants young and vigorous. This is the newest of our asparagus beds. It is 35 feet long and was planted in 2005 Our Daily Haul This is the original asparagus bed that was planted in 1998. As you can see still producing spears the size of your thumb. These crowns were wild growing in an old fence row and we dug them up and planted them in this bed. The bed is 20 feet long and 10 feet wide. This bed gets topped with a fresh topping of rabbit manure every fall and other than that it pretty well maintains itself. Every winter we cut the plants down and burn them to prevent disease. The trick to asparagus is not to overcut it. The Grape arbors are constructed of simple T posts and hog panels. Pruned every January and mulched with grass clippings and rabbit manure These become canned Grape juice, jelly and grape wine The Blackberries grow on the same kind of arbor These are on their way to becoming Blackberry jam, pie filling and even blackberry cordial Blessings from The Holler The Canned Quilter

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How many times to you holler "run it" during a game? This from-the-vault tee is for you! We love the vintage hog and oversized "A" bright and bold on a classic white tee.  Phoebe is 5'4" and is wearing size large sizing guide:  small: 36” bust | 27.5” length medium: 40” bust | 28” length large: 44” bust | 29” length 100% cotton WE ONLY OFFER STORE CREDIT FOR RETURNS! Feel free to email us at [email protected] or DM us with any questions regarding fit, styling, or our return policy in general.

Book Synopsis Old Bess was missing and due to give birth! Cynthia and Keith search and holler for their beloved Black Angus cow as night falls and a storm brews over Hog's Back Mountain. Will they find her? Will she be all right? Join in the search with Cynthia and Keith to find out what happens. Review Quotes With a gentle cadence and a soul connected to the created world, Cynthia is not only the writer of this lovely story, but she's also a trustworthy guide who will take you by your hand and lead you on a search, ready to help you give birth to your stories. Old Bess is much more than a nighttime search for a lost cow. Along the way, readers of all ages will come face to face with their deepest longings, finding there really is a light in the darkness and someone who is looking just for you. Al Andrews, author, therapist and founder of Porter's Call (www.porterscall.com)Cynthia is a wise story doula who takes us on a risky rescue of what it means to birth hope. We all feel somewhat lost and wonder if there is hope for rescue let alone redemption. Sometimes redemption requires us to put our hands and hearts into the holy, dark places that seem too messy to enter, but those dark valleys are where we find life. This beautiful story will move you and offer a context to talk with your children about deep realities we all face in our need for care and protection. I am grateful for my friend Cynthia and I am excited to read this story to my grandchildren. Rebecca Allender, author of Hidden In Plain Sight: One Woman's Search for Identity, Intimacy and Calling

Completed in 2022 in Tanquín, Peru. Images by Eleazar Cuadros. The project: "Mencoriari Technological and Environmental Laboratory" is located in the native community of Mencoriari, in Peru’s central jungle. The...

In 1997 my husband and I purchased a 72 acre old dairy farm in the glaciated plains of Northern Missouri.A collection of rotting outbuildings and fences, a falling down farmhouse, some land leased out in row crops and the rest a forest. I had spent most of my life in the south. The daughter of a farmer I had gardened in one form or another most of my life. Just never north of zone 8. I had never experienced a northern winter or snow. I had never driven in snow much less gardened with the seasons. So for me it was learning to garden all over again. My husband had been born and raised here but had never had an interest in gardening until now. We named our farm Hickery Holler and we were off on a new adventure. Hickery Holler Farm now has 3 working vegetable gardens. An array of fruit and nut trees including peach, apple, plum, pecan, walnut, mulberry, wild cherry, hickory and persimmon. We have two ongoing large asparagus beds. A raised strawberry and rhubarb bed. You can also find grape arbors and even thornless blackberry vines. There are also lots of herbs tucked in the ornamental beds as well as the vegetable gardens. Although we do not supply all of our food we do supply probably about 80% of it. At least 2 out of 3 of our daily meals consist of what has been grown and preserved from these gardens. All organically grown, fertilized from the manures of the animals we raise here. Mostly chickens and rabbits. Very rarely do we use any pesticides or herbicides here on the farm nor do we choose to plant any genetically modified crops. Choosing instead to plant heirloom open pollinated varieties and save our own seeds in an effort to grow as healthy and frugally as possible. This is The West Garden facing the gravel road fronting our property and the newest garden. In production for 2 years this year we will plant cover crops and allow this garden to lie fallow for the 2012 gardening year. The West Garden sits beside one of our hay fields and therefore gets heavily grazed by deer. We usually plant a small amount of field corn there and dried beans. The field corn that has performed the best for us is Reid's Yellow Dent and we use it to help feed our chickens through the winter. Since we only keep about a dozen chickens during the winter we really don't require much. The Dried Beans usually include a horticulture bean for our own consumption, a pinto bean and sometimes field peas or black eyed peas which we pick enough for our own consumption and maybe can a small amount. The rest are disked into the soil as a green manure. Our gardens are not no till. We do work our soil with The Little Green Tractor. An older model tractor we bought second hand when we first moved here. It is used for mowing and disking the soil around the farm. We also own an old tiller that we use to till but try to do that as little as possible. We are thinking of going to no till for as we get older we like the idea of having to work the soil less. But for now we do own a tractor and tiller. We also own several vintage push cultivator, harrows and hoes that we continue to use when we can. This is what we call The Old Garden. It lies North of the house and beside the chicken yard. It is bordered on the north side by an old fence line of trees including a giant mulberry tree, wild cherry trees and an elm tree. It is bordered on the south side by a giant Hackberry tree. You can see the apple and plum trees just to the east of this garden. Just west of this garden is one of the asparagus beds and the chicken yard and house. This is very convenient for throwing those fresh pulled weeds to the chickens or tossing those over ripe veggies over the fence to the chickens. The Old Garden being worked up in the fall The Old Garden 2010. Cabbage, broccoli, peas and onions The Asparagus Bed just west of The Old Garden. The fencing is to keep the deer out. 2011 Early Spring Garden This garden has been in constant production for 14 years. It was the original garden that we first prepared right after we bought the farm. As you can see in the picture above it is still going strong. As the years progress it has gotten smaller because we have had to pull it back away from the ever growing shade of the nearby trees. To keep a piece of land in production this long without wearing the soil out requires the constant addition of organic matter. Lots of cover crops are planted and tilled under. Especially buck wheat and cow peas. We like lots of wheat straw mulch with newspaper underneath. You can see the apple, plum and peach trees beyond the garden and beyond that forest. This is the garden that we always plant our early spring crops in. Closest to the house, water and cold frames. There are always lots of compost piles going all over the farm. We tend to tuck them here and there where most convenient. All of these will be added to the gardens in one form or another. Above you see rotted compost in the middle and cornstalks in the far pile and straw in the pile nearest you. We compost everything from yard waste, grass clippings, straw, manure, paper,coffee grinds and eggs shells as well as anything that doesn't go to the chickens or pigs. Another compost pile by the cold frames. Peas, potatoes and lettuce in early spring in the Old Garden. Broccoli, lettuce and peas Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce and White Lisbon Bunching Onions Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage Kandy Korn Brandywine Tomatoes Sweet Green Garden Peas Australian Brown Onions The newest of the gardens this has been dubbed The New Garden. Original right! This garden was just first prepared last year (2011) due to the shrinking size of the Old Garden. It is just North of the Old Garden and the other side of the treeline of the old fence row. This is the largest of all our gardens and will now be the garden for our summer main crops. Sweet corn, tomatoes, beans and peppers, squash and melons. Rich black prairie soil well drained at the top of the hill. Just the other side of the chicken yard so we can still be close to throw things over the fence to the chickens and close to the rabbit pens. The view looking north from here is breathtaking. You can see for miles. This is near the northern border of our property and looks out over the neighboring farms. Beyond the garden another hayfield. OUR FELLOW FARMERS We try to always keep at the least a buck and two does of a large breed of domestic rabbit. Rabbit manure is the greatest for putting on gardens. It will not burn plants and does not even necessarily need to be composted although it makes the absolute best manure tea you can imagine. We feed them many of the left over apples and vegetables and in exchange get lots of wonderful fertilizer and meat too. Pigs are the garbage disposals of the garden. They love everything from corn cobs to pea shells. In return they make wonderful rototillers, Just put an electric fence around the garden and turn them loose. They can clean up a garden in no time. At the end of the garden season you have bacon and pork chops. Or a revenue from their sale. Never is my farm without a dozen chickens or so. They eat the bugs and help loosen the soil in my garden during the off season. Devour the small green weeds pulled during the growing season and all the chicken scraps from my kitchen too. Allowed to free range some of the time when the garden is not in full production. In return they give me meat and eggs just about year round. For the last 14 years I have kept Buff Orphingtons and love that they are so docile yet dependably give me large brown eggs even in the winter while still being a good meat bird and also hatching their own chicks. Versatile and easy to care for they are the right breed for me. They also contribute lots of bedding straw and manure for my compost piles and egg sales give me a small income from them. Starting Our Early Crops All of our early spring seedlings are started early inside on the homemade light stand made by my husband. We have a small greenhouse but find that most everything that we want to start early can be started right here on this stand and then moved directly to cold frames to harden off. Some are started in flats that have been recycled through the years. I bleach them in a mild bleach solution and store from year to year. If kept from direct sunlight they will last for many years. Once larger I transplant to recycled pots sometimes made from plastic drinking cups disinfected and saved from year to year Sometimes planted to recycled homemade newspaper pots Once the weather stabilizes they are transferred to cold frames to harden off before going in the garden. seeds drying in pie plates and awaiting storage over the winter. We find that over the years the garden has not only helped us to get exercise but also helped to nourish us both in body and spirit. By planting heirlooms and saving our own seeds, making our own light racks and cold frames and using as many recycled materials as possible and making our own compost. That we can garden with very little expense, without the cost of seeds and sprays and fertilizers makes a huge difference. We do continue to buy seeds occasionally but prefer to save our own. By rotating between these three gardens we manage to pretty well keep our pantry as well as two freezers full a large majority of the year. The Orchards and Beds Fruit and nut trees, grape vines, berry brambles and perennial vegetables such as asparagus are some of the greatest things you can invest in. Purchased once their harvest only increases over the years. I purchased one rhubarb plant almost 10 years ago and now I have a huge bed of rhubarb after dividing that original plant many times. The initial cost of many of our fruit trees has been far exceeded in what it would have cost for that much fruit many times over. A tip is always buy quality stock and put a little effort into soil amendment up front. Rhubarb Bed started in 2011 Strawberries and Rhubarb in a raised bed. Grape arbors in background plum tree in bloom Peach Trees in bloom. Doyle Thornless Blackberry Apple Blossoms July Alberta Peach Green Apples grapes Green Plums Heirloom Indian Bleed Red Peaches Apples Walnut Tree The walnut tree is the first tree we planted on this farm in 1997. Grafted by a cousin it has been bearing since 2010. rhubarb and strawberries a traditional combination Nothing better than fresh strawberries to go with that rhubarb. We replant strawberries every three years to keep our plants young and vigorous. This is the newest of our asparagus beds. It is 35 feet long and was planted in 2005 Our Daily Haul This is the original asparagus bed that was planted in 1998. As you can see still producing spears the size of your thumb. These crowns were wild growing in an old fence row and we dug them up and planted them in this bed. The bed is 20 feet long and 10 feet wide. This bed gets topped with a fresh topping of rabbit manure every fall and other than that it pretty well maintains itself. Every winter we cut the plants down and burn them to prevent disease. The trick to asparagus is not to overcut it. The Grape arbors are constructed of simple T posts and hog panels. Pruned every January and mulched with grass clippings and rabbit manure These become canned Grape juice, jelly and grape wine The Blackberries grow on the same kind of arbor These are on their way to becoming Blackberry jam, pie filling and even blackberry cordial Blessings from The Holler The Canned Quilter

Image 5 of 17 from gallery of Ceramic Garden Studio / Madeiguincho. Cortesia de Madeiguincho

These sayings are taken from Shenandoah Voices: Folklore, Legends, and Traditions of the Valley by late historian and author John Heatwole. I also threw in some cures. Pics are by my talented fam…

Modèle Marron foncé / marron clair noisette cuir de veau de qualité exceptionnel,souple peu épais avec un grain magnifique !! Modèle 'Thunderbird' Marron foncé / marron clair noisette cuir de veau de qualité exceptionnel,souple peu épais avec un grain magnifique !! Holler&Hood Leather Classic&Vintage Sportswear Confectionné en France Un masque en cuir de protection haut en couleurs et à l'élégance intrigante. De quoi ravir le monde de la moto et autres Roadrunners en quête d'un accessoire original de qualité. D'inspiration Old school,ces masques sont confectionnés artisanalement en France à partir de peaux sélectionnées pour leurs caractères, textures et grains dans une large variété de coloris. Confort, robustesse, fiabilité et authenticité . Chaque masque de cuir Holler&Hood est tout aussi unique que vous . Caractéristiques Un masque en cuir de protection incluant une doublure en cuir naturel issu de tannage végétal pour un confort optimum. Perforations autour du nez et de la bouche pour la ventilation permettant un excellent apport d'air. Une pince souple et discrète entre la peau extérieur et la doublure à modeler autour du nez. Un élastique de maintient du haut de la tête avec un réglage de confort à positionner derrière le sommet du crâne. Sangles de fermeture du cou: Cuir cousu sur une bande élastique de première qualité plus une boucle simple en métal permettant à la sangle de circuler librement. Rappel pour un réglage confortable. Le serrage des élastiques de la tête et du cou doivent être le plus léger possible, puisque d'une part votre casque va bloquer le masque, vous laissant aussi la possibilité de l'avancer en période chaude. Le dispositif peut être prévu pour droitier ou gaucher selon la demande ainsi que le choix de la couleur des oeillets, si disponnibles. Poids du masque : de 50gr à 75gr environ selon le cuir et la taille du masque. Prenez le temps de faire connaissance avec votre masque . Rappel pour un réglage confortable. Le serrage des élastiques de la tête et du cou doivent être le plus léger possible, puisque d'une part votre casque va bloquer le masque, vous laissant aussi la possibilité de l'avancer en période chaude. La plupart des masques sont disponibles dans plusieurs tailles. Gardez le en bonne santé en le nettoyant avec un savon glycériné et nourrissez le avec de la crème ou graisse pour cuir sur la partie extérieur du masque ainsi que sur les coutures et sangles. Tailles Hommes 3 tailles disponibles Medium : taille de visage moyenne avec un menton court. Large : visage moyen à fort Extra Large : visage fort avec un menton prononcé Le tableau des tailles vous aidera à trouver la taille de masque la plus appropriée en prenant les mesures 1 et 2 en fonction du visuel. 1 : bout du nez à la base du menton 2 : tour du cou + menton (tête levée) Tailles + si des sangles plus longues sont requises. Si vos mesures ne correspondent pas aux tailles disponibles, vous pouvez me contacter pour un modèle sur mesure en utilisant les 4 mesures. 3 : entre les yeux —› bout du nez 4 : tour de tête Choisissez votre taille de masque depuis la mesure N°1, ensuite la N°2 pour la longueur des sangles de cou Taille + Si des sangles de cou plus longues sont nécessaires. medium + jusqu'à 57cm large + jusqu'à 60cm extra large + jusqu'à 63cm En cas de doute sur les tailles, vérifier toutes les mesures du dessin afin de pouvoir ensemble définir votre taille de masque sur mesure si nécessaire. N'hésiter à me contacter pour des questions qui vous interpellent ... Les envois Toutes les commandes de masques sont expédiées par la poste en Colissimo pour la France métropolitaine et en lettre recommandée international pour l'étranger(avec n° de suivi) et remise contre signature du destinataire. Les protection de pied sont expédiées par lettre prioritaire suivi (avec n° de suivi). En vous remerciant de votre temps et intérêt Holler&Hood © marque déposée Thunderbird hog nose © modèle déposé https://www.etsy.com/fr/your/shops/HollerandHood

This is a modern looking and popular style of fence using some materials you can find at a farm and garden store. It has a pressure treated frame, cedar post caps and casing, and galvanized wire pa…

Some of my favorite memories growing up on our farm are of those big farm breakfasts. Fresh eggs scrambled, farm fresh whole hog sa...

This post is for wvsimplicity. Recently I blogged about sauerkraut and venison kielbasa. She requested the recipe be posted. I also po...

How many times to you holler "run it" during a game? This from-the-vault tee is for you! We love the vintage hog and oversized "A" bright and bold on a classic white tee.  Phoebe is 5'4" and is wearing size large sizing guide:  small: 36” bust | 27.5” length medium: 40” bust | 28” length large: 44” bust | 29” length 100% cotton WE ONLY OFFER STORE CREDIT FOR RETURNS! Feel free to email us at [email protected] or DM us with any questions regarding fit, styling, or our return policy in general.

Sold by  Create your own from scratch  Shape: Classic Round Stickers Create custom stickers for every occasion! From special mailings and scrapbooking to kids’ activities and DIY projects, you’ll find these stickers are great for so many uses. Add your own designs, patterns, text, and pictures! Dimensions: Available in 2 sizes: Large: 3" diameter, 6 stickers per sheet Small: 1.5" diameter, 20 stickers per sheet Printed on white acid-free paper Vibrant full-color, full-bleed printing Scratch-resistant front, easy peel-and-stick back Available in a matte or glossy finish Choose between 7 different shapes

Thunderbird model calfbox leather glossy Black / Burgundy Burgundy eyelets Holler&Hood Leather Classic&Vintage Sportswear Dedicated to the Motorcycle riders, Drag racers, Airplan pilots, Hot-rodders and to all Roadrunners folks. Old school inspired,these masks are made within a rigorous selection, each skins got it's own texture and singularity, added to a large range of colors and tons, it makes each Holler&Hood leather mask authentic and stylish. Feature: A protective leather mask including a naturel vegetable tanned leather lining for best comfort. The nose and mouth location is perforated to admit a good ventilation and air supply.. A harmless soft pliers between the outside skin and the lining,to be modeled around your nose. An easy adjustable head elastic band is to be positioned right behind the top skull and above the ears. The neck straps Leather sewn on a first choice elastic band with a simple buckle to allow the strap free move and confort. Important : Take the time to get to know your mask. The setting of both neck strap and elastic head band has to be lite as the helmet locks the mask and gives you the opportunity to push it on front for more comfort in hot weather. Can be provided for left or right handed on demand as the choice of the decoration eyelets colors. Sizing : 3 sizes available Medium : average sized face with shorter chin Large : average sized face Extra large : strong face and neck The chart will help you to find the most suitable size by taking your measurements . Choose your mask sizing from measurement N°1 then neck straps length from N°2 SIZE + If longer neck straps are needed medium + up to 22.441 inch / 57cm large + up to 23.622 / 60cm extra large+ up to 24.803 inch / 63cm If you have a doubt about sizing check the four measurements from the drawing and then let me known so together we can definite the right size . To keep your mask healthy, it should be cleaned up with glycerin leather soap, to finish with a proper nourishing cream or grease only on the outside skin. Please, don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions to free your mind ! Handcrafted with pride in France Shipping This item is shipped from France via French post priority mail with tracking number and signature required upon delivery.. If you wish me to ship your goods by delivery transporter service you have to acknowledge the fact that the billing of the shipping will be at your charge. Thank you for interest and time Holler&hood © a registered trademark The 'Thunderbird' hog nose © a registered model

These mesquite-and bay-flavored baby-back ribs are brushed with your favorite barbecue sauce and grilled to perfection.

Completed in 2021 in Balnarring, Australia. Images by Pier Carthew. Concept Overview - This family house, located in the coastal hamlet of Balnarring on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, is a considered approach...

Mask 'Thunderbird model dark brown / light brown hazelnut box leather, flexible with a great texture !! Holler&Hood Leather Classic&Vintage Sportswear Dedicated to the Motorcycle riders, Drag racers, Airplan pilots, Hot-rodders and to all Roadrunners folks. Old school inspired,these stylish masks are made within a rigorous selection, each skins got it's own texture and singularity, added to a large range of colors and tons, Flexible, comfortable, reliable and authentic, each H&H leather mask is as unique as you are. Feature: A protective leather mask including a naturel vegetable tanned leather lining for best comfort. The nose and mouth location is perforated to admit a good ventilation and air supply.. A harmless soft pliers between the outside skin and the lining,to be modeled around your nose. An easy adjustable head elastic band is to be positioned right behind the top skull and above the ears. The neck straps Leather sewn on a first choice elastic band with a simple buckle to allow the strap free move and confort. Important : Take the time to get to know your mask. The setting of both neck strap and elastic head band has to be lite as the helmet locks the mask and gives you the opportunity to push it on front for more comfort in hot weather. Can be provided for left or right handed on demand as the choice of the decoration eyelets colors. Mask weight : from 1.763 oz to 2.645 oz approximately depending on leather and size. To keep your mask healthy, it should be cleaned up with glycerin leather soap, to finish with a proper nourishing cream or grease only on the outside skin. MEN SIZING : 3 sizes available Medium : average sized face with shorter chin Large : average sized face Extra large : strong face and neck The size table will help you find the most suitable mask size by taking measurements 1 & 2 based on the visual. 1 : tip of nose to base of chin 2 : around neck + chin (head up) Choose your mask sizing from measurement N°1 then neck straps length from N°2 SIZE + If longer neck straps are needed medium + up to 22.441 inch / 57cm large + up to 23.622 / 60cm extra large+ up to 24.803 inch / 63cm If your measurements don’t match the available sizes, you can contact me for a custom made model using the 4 measurements. 3 : between eyes —› tip of nose 4 : head circumference If you have a doubt about sizing check the four measurements from the drawing and then let me known so together we can definite the right size . Please, don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions to free your mind ! Handcrafted with pride in France Shipping This item is shipped from France via French post priority mail with tracking number and signature required upon delivery.. If you wish me to ship your goods by delivery transporter service you have to acknowledge the fact that the billing of the shipping will be at your charge. Thank you for interest and time Holler&hood © a registered trademark The 'Thunderbird' hog nose © a registered model https://www.etsy.com/fr/your/shops/HollerandHood

Image 3 of 19 from gallery of Avandaro 333 Residential Complex / Zozaya Arquitectos. Photograph by Cesar Belio

In 1997 my husband and I purchased a 72 acre old dairy farm in the glaciated plains of Northern Missouri.A collection of rotting outbuildings and fences, a falling down farmhouse, some land leased out in row crops and the rest a forest. I had spent most of my life in the south. The daughter of a farmer I had gardened in one form or another most of my life. Just never north of zone 8. I had never experienced a northern winter or snow. I had never driven in snow much less gardened with the seasons. So for me it was learning to garden all over again. My husband had been born and raised here but had never had an interest in gardening until now. We named our farm Hickery Holler and we were off on a new adventure. Hickery Holler Farm now has 3 working vegetable gardens. An array of fruit and nut trees including peach, apple, plum, pecan, walnut, mulberry, wild cherry, hickory and persimmon. We have two ongoing large asparagus beds. A raised strawberry and rhubarb bed. You can also find grape arbors and even thornless blackberry vines. There are also lots of herbs tucked in the ornamental beds as well as the vegetable gardens. Although we do not supply all of our food we do supply probably about 80% of it. At least 2 out of 3 of our daily meals consist of what has been grown and preserved from these gardens. All organically grown, fertilized from the manures of the animals we raise here. Mostly chickens and rabbits. Very rarely do we use any pesticides or herbicides here on the farm nor do we choose to plant any genetically modified crops. Choosing instead to plant heirloom open pollinated varieties and save our own seeds in an effort to grow as healthy and frugally as possible. This is The West Garden facing the gravel road fronting our property and the newest garden. In production for 2 years this year we will plant cover crops and allow this garden to lie fallow for the 2012 gardening year. The West Garden sits beside one of our hay fields and therefore gets heavily grazed by deer. We usually plant a small amount of field corn there and dried beans. The field corn that has performed the best for us is Reid's Yellow Dent and we use it to help feed our chickens through the winter. Since we only keep about a dozen chickens during the winter we really don't require much. The Dried Beans usually include a horticulture bean for our own consumption, a pinto bean and sometimes field peas or black eyed peas which we pick enough for our own consumption and maybe can a small amount. The rest are disked into the soil as a green manure. Our gardens are not no till. We do work our soil with The Little Green Tractor. An older model tractor we bought second hand when we first moved here. It is used for mowing and disking the soil around the farm. We also own an old tiller that we use to till but try to do that as little as possible. We are thinking of going to no till for as we get older we like the idea of having to work the soil less. But for now we do own a tractor and tiller. We also own several vintage push cultivator, harrows and hoes that we continue to use when we can. This is what we call The Old Garden. It lies North of the house and beside the chicken yard. It is bordered on the north side by an old fence line of trees including a giant mulberry tree, wild cherry trees and an elm tree. It is bordered on the south side by a giant Hackberry tree. You can see the apple and plum trees just to the east of this garden. Just west of this garden is one of the asparagus beds and the chicken yard and house. This is very convenient for throwing those fresh pulled weeds to the chickens or tossing those over ripe veggies over the fence to the chickens. The Old Garden being worked up in the fall The Old Garden 2010. Cabbage, broccoli, peas and onions The Asparagus Bed just west of The Old Garden. The fencing is to keep the deer out. 2011 Early Spring Garden This garden has been in constant production for 14 years. It was the original garden that we first prepared right after we bought the farm. As you can see in the picture above it is still going strong. As the years progress it has gotten smaller because we have had to pull it back away from the ever growing shade of the nearby trees. To keep a piece of land in production this long without wearing the soil out requires the constant addition of organic matter. Lots of cover crops are planted and tilled under. Especially buck wheat and cow peas. We like lots of wheat straw mulch with newspaper underneath. You can see the apple, plum and peach trees beyond the garden and beyond that forest. This is the garden that we always plant our early spring crops in. Closest to the house, water and cold frames. There are always lots of compost piles going all over the farm. We tend to tuck them here and there where most convenient. All of these will be added to the gardens in one form or another. Above you see rotted compost in the middle and cornstalks in the far pile and straw in the pile nearest you. We compost everything from yard waste, grass clippings, straw, manure, paper,coffee grinds and eggs shells as well as anything that doesn't go to the chickens or pigs. Another compost pile by the cold frames. Peas, potatoes and lettuce in early spring in the Old Garden. Broccoli, lettuce and peas Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce and White Lisbon Bunching Onions Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage Kandy Korn Brandywine Tomatoes Sweet Green Garden Peas Australian Brown Onions The newest of the gardens this has been dubbed The New Garden. Original right! This garden was just first prepared last year (2011) due to the shrinking size of the Old Garden. It is just North of the Old Garden and the other side of the treeline of the old fence row. This is the largest of all our gardens and will now be the garden for our summer main crops. Sweet corn, tomatoes, beans and peppers, squash and melons. Rich black prairie soil well drained at the top of the hill. Just the other side of the chicken yard so we can still be close to throw things over the fence to the chickens and close to the rabbit pens. The view looking north from here is breathtaking. You can see for miles. This is near the northern border of our property and looks out over the neighboring farms. Beyond the garden another hayfield. OUR FELLOW FARMERS We try to always keep at the least a buck and two does of a large breed of domestic rabbit. Rabbit manure is the greatest for putting on gardens. It will not burn plants and does not even necessarily need to be composted although it makes the absolute best manure tea you can imagine. We feed them many of the left over apples and vegetables and in exchange get lots of wonderful fertilizer and meat too. Pigs are the garbage disposals of the garden. They love everything from corn cobs to pea shells. In return they make wonderful rototillers, Just put an electric fence around the garden and turn them loose. They can clean up a garden in no time. At the end of the garden season you have bacon and pork chops. Or a revenue from their sale. Never is my farm without a dozen chickens or so. They eat the bugs and help loosen the soil in my garden during the off season. Devour the small green weeds pulled during the growing season and all the chicken scraps from my kitchen too. Allowed to free range some of the time when the garden is not in full production. In return they give me meat and eggs just about year round. For the last 14 years I have kept Buff Orphingtons and love that they are so docile yet dependably give me large brown eggs even in the winter while still being a good meat bird and also hatching their own chicks. Versatile and easy to care for they are the right breed for me. They also contribute lots of bedding straw and manure for my compost piles and egg sales give me a small income from them. Starting Our Early Crops All of our early spring seedlings are started early inside on the homemade light stand made by my husband. We have a small greenhouse but find that most everything that we want to start early can be started right here on this stand and then moved directly to cold frames to harden off. Some are started in flats that have been recycled through the years. I bleach them in a mild bleach solution and store from year to year. If kept from direct sunlight they will last for many years. Once larger I transplant to recycled pots sometimes made from plastic drinking cups disinfected and saved from year to year Sometimes planted to recycled homemade newspaper pots Once the weather stabilizes they are transferred to cold frames to harden off before going in the garden. seeds drying in pie plates and awaiting storage over the winter. We find that over the years the garden has not only helped us to get exercise but also helped to nourish us both in body and spirit. By planting heirlooms and saving our own seeds, making our own light racks and cold frames and using as many recycled materials as possible and making our own compost. That we can garden with very little expense, without the cost of seeds and sprays and fertilizers makes a huge difference. We do continue to buy seeds occasionally but prefer to save our own. By rotating between these three gardens we manage to pretty well keep our pantry as well as two freezers full a large majority of the year. The Orchards and Beds Fruit and nut trees, grape vines, berry brambles and perennial vegetables such as asparagus are some of the greatest things you can invest in. Purchased once their harvest only increases over the years. I purchased one rhubarb plant almost 10 years ago and now I have a huge bed of rhubarb after dividing that original plant many times. The initial cost of many of our fruit trees has been far exceeded in what it would have cost for that much fruit many times over. A tip is always buy quality stock and put a little effort into soil amendment up front. Rhubarb Bed started in 2011 Strawberries and Rhubarb in a raised bed. Grape arbors in background plum tree in bloom Peach Trees in bloom. Doyle Thornless Blackberry Apple Blossoms July Alberta Peach Green Apples grapes Green Plums Heirloom Indian Bleed Red Peaches Apples Walnut Tree The walnut tree is the first tree we planted on this farm in 1997. Grafted by a cousin it has been bearing since 2010. rhubarb and strawberries a traditional combination Nothing better than fresh strawberries to go with that rhubarb. We replant strawberries every three years to keep our plants young and vigorous. This is the newest of our asparagus beds. It is 35 feet long and was planted in 2005 Our Daily Haul This is the original asparagus bed that was planted in 1998. As you can see still producing spears the size of your thumb. These crowns were wild growing in an old fence row and we dug them up and planted them in this bed. The bed is 20 feet long and 10 feet wide. This bed gets topped with a fresh topping of rabbit manure every fall and other than that it pretty well maintains itself. Every winter we cut the plants down and burn them to prevent disease. The trick to asparagus is not to overcut it. The Grape arbors are constructed of simple T posts and hog panels. Pruned every January and mulched with grass clippings and rabbit manure These become canned Grape juice, jelly and grape wine The Blackberries grow on the same kind of arbor These are on their way to becoming Blackberry jam, pie filling and even blackberry cordial Blessings from The Holler The Canned Quilter

Image 13 of 23 from gallery of Punta Rubia Refuge / PAMPA. Photograph by Marcos Guiponi

In 1997 my husband and I purchased a 72 acre old dairy farm in the glaciated plains of Northern Missouri.A collection of rotting outbuildings and fences, a falling down farmhouse, some land leased out in row crops and the rest a forest. I had spent most of my life in the south. The daughter of a farmer I had gardened in one form or another most of my life. Just never north of zone 8. I had never experienced a northern winter or snow. I had never driven in snow much less gardened with the seasons. So for me it was learning to garden all over again. My husband had been born and raised here but had never had an interest in gardening until now. We named our farm Hickery Holler and we were off on a new adventure. Hickery Holler Farm now has 3 working vegetable gardens. An array of fruit and nut trees including peach, apple, plum, pecan, walnut, mulberry, wild cherry, hickory and persimmon. We have two ongoing large asparagus beds. A raised strawberry and rhubarb bed. You can also find grape arbors and even thornless blackberry vines. There are also lots of herbs tucked in the ornamental beds as well as the vegetable gardens. Although we do not supply all of our food we do supply probably about 80% of it. At least 2 out of 3 of our daily meals consist of what has been grown and preserved from these gardens. All organically grown, fertilized from the manures of the animals we raise here. Mostly chickens and rabbits. Very rarely do we use any pesticides or herbicides here on the farm nor do we choose to plant any genetically modified crops. Choosing instead to plant heirloom open pollinated varieties and save our own seeds in an effort to grow as healthy and frugally as possible. This is The West Garden facing the gravel road fronting our property and the newest garden. In production for 2 years this year we will plant cover crops and allow this garden to lie fallow for the 2012 gardening year. The West Garden sits beside one of our hay fields and therefore gets heavily grazed by deer. We usually plant a small amount of field corn there and dried beans. The field corn that has performed the best for us is Reid's Yellow Dent and we use it to help feed our chickens through the winter. Since we only keep about a dozen chickens during the winter we really don't require much. The Dried Beans usually include a horticulture bean for our own consumption, a pinto bean and sometimes field peas or black eyed peas which we pick enough for our own consumption and maybe can a small amount. The rest are disked into the soil as a green manure. Our gardens are not no till. We do work our soil with The Little Green Tractor. An older model tractor we bought second hand when we first moved here. It is used for mowing and disking the soil around the farm. We also own an old tiller that we use to till but try to do that as little as possible. We are thinking of going to no till for as we get older we like the idea of having to work the soil less. But for now we do own a tractor and tiller. We also own several vintage push cultivator, harrows and hoes that we continue to use when we can. This is what we call The Old Garden. It lies North of the house and beside the chicken yard. It is bordered on the north side by an old fence line of trees including a giant mulberry tree, wild cherry trees and an elm tree. It is bordered on the south side by a giant Hackberry tree. You can see the apple and plum trees just to the east of this garden. Just west of this garden is one of the asparagus beds and the chicken yard and house. This is very convenient for throwing those fresh pulled weeds to the chickens or tossing those over ripe veggies over the fence to the chickens. The Old Garden being worked up in the fall The Old Garden 2010. Cabbage, broccoli, peas and onions The Asparagus Bed just west of The Old Garden. The fencing is to keep the deer out. 2011 Early Spring Garden This garden has been in constant production for 14 years. It was the original garden that we first prepared right after we bought the farm. As you can see in the picture above it is still going strong. As the years progress it has gotten smaller because we have had to pull it back away from the ever growing shade of the nearby trees. To keep a piece of land in production this long without wearing the soil out requires the constant addition of organic matter. Lots of cover crops are planted and tilled under. Especially buck wheat and cow peas. We like lots of wheat straw mulch with newspaper underneath. You can see the apple, plum and peach trees beyond the garden and beyond that forest. This is the garden that we always plant our early spring crops in. Closest to the house, water and cold frames. There are always lots of compost piles going all over the farm. We tend to tuck them here and there where most convenient. All of these will be added to the gardens in one form or another. Above you see rotted compost in the middle and cornstalks in the far pile and straw in the pile nearest you. We compost everything from yard waste, grass clippings, straw, manure, paper,coffee grinds and eggs shells as well as anything that doesn't go to the chickens or pigs. Another compost pile by the cold frames. Peas, potatoes and lettuce in early spring in the Old Garden. Broccoli, lettuce and peas Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce and White Lisbon Bunching Onions Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage Kandy Korn Brandywine Tomatoes Sweet Green Garden Peas Australian Brown Onions The newest of the gardens this has been dubbed The New Garden. Original right! This garden was just first prepared last year (2011) due to the shrinking size of the Old Garden. It is just North of the Old Garden and the other side of the treeline of the old fence row. This is the largest of all our gardens and will now be the garden for our summer main crops. Sweet corn, tomatoes, beans and peppers, squash and melons. Rich black prairie soil well drained at the top of the hill. Just the other side of the chicken yard so we can still be close to throw things over the fence to the chickens and close to the rabbit pens. The view looking north from here is breathtaking. You can see for miles. This is near the northern border of our property and looks out over the neighboring farms. Beyond the garden another hayfield. OUR FELLOW FARMERS We try to always keep at the least a buck and two does of a large breed of domestic rabbit. Rabbit manure is the greatest for putting on gardens. It will not burn plants and does not even necessarily need to be composted although it makes the absolute best manure tea you can imagine. We feed them many of the left over apples and vegetables and in exchange get lots of wonderful fertilizer and meat too. Pigs are the garbage disposals of the garden. They love everything from corn cobs to pea shells. In return they make wonderful rototillers, Just put an electric fence around the garden and turn them loose. They can clean up a garden in no time. At the end of the garden season you have bacon and pork chops. Or a revenue from their sale. Never is my farm without a dozen chickens or so. They eat the bugs and help loosen the soil in my garden during the off season. Devour the small green weeds pulled during the growing season and all the chicken scraps from my kitchen too. Allowed to free range some of the time when the garden is not in full production. In return they give me meat and eggs just about year round. For the last 14 years I have kept Buff Orphingtons and love that they are so docile yet dependably give me large brown eggs even in the winter while still being a good meat bird and also hatching their own chicks. Versatile and easy to care for they are the right breed for me. They also contribute lots of bedding straw and manure for my compost piles and egg sales give me a small income from them. Starting Our Early Crops All of our early spring seedlings are started early inside on the homemade light stand made by my husband. We have a small greenhouse but find that most everything that we want to start early can be started right here on this stand and then moved directly to cold frames to harden off. Some are started in flats that have been recycled through the years. I bleach them in a mild bleach solution and store from year to year. If kept from direct sunlight they will last for many years. Once larger I transplant to recycled pots sometimes made from plastic drinking cups disinfected and saved from year to year Sometimes planted to recycled homemade newspaper pots Once the weather stabilizes they are transferred to cold frames to harden off before going in the garden. seeds drying in pie plates and awaiting storage over the winter. We find that over the years the garden has not only helped us to get exercise but also helped to nourish us both in body and spirit. By planting heirlooms and saving our own seeds, making our own light racks and cold frames and using as many recycled materials as possible and making our own compost. That we can garden with very little expense, without the cost of seeds and sprays and fertilizers makes a huge difference. We do continue to buy seeds occasionally but prefer to save our own. By rotating between these three gardens we manage to pretty well keep our pantry as well as two freezers full a large majority of the year. The Orchards and Beds Fruit and nut trees, grape vines, berry brambles and perennial vegetables such as asparagus are some of the greatest things you can invest in. Purchased once their harvest only increases over the years. I purchased one rhubarb plant almost 10 years ago and now I have a huge bed of rhubarb after dividing that original plant many times. The initial cost of many of our fruit trees has been far exceeded in what it would have cost for that much fruit many times over. A tip is always buy quality stock and put a little effort into soil amendment up front. Rhubarb Bed started in 2011 Strawberries and Rhubarb in a raised bed. Grape arbors in background plum tree in bloom Peach Trees in bloom. Doyle Thornless Blackberry Apple Blossoms July Alberta Peach Green Apples grapes Green Plums Heirloom Indian Bleed Red Peaches Apples Walnut Tree The walnut tree is the first tree we planted on this farm in 1997. Grafted by a cousin it has been bearing since 2010. rhubarb and strawberries a traditional combination Nothing better than fresh strawberries to go with that rhubarb. We replant strawberries every three years to keep our plants young and vigorous. This is the newest of our asparagus beds. It is 35 feet long and was planted in 2005 Our Daily Haul This is the original asparagus bed that was planted in 1998. As you can see still producing spears the size of your thumb. These crowns were wild growing in an old fence row and we dug them up and planted them in this bed. The bed is 20 feet long and 10 feet wide. This bed gets topped with a fresh topping of rabbit manure every fall and other than that it pretty well maintains itself. Every winter we cut the plants down and burn them to prevent disease. The trick to asparagus is not to overcut it. The Grape arbors are constructed of simple T posts and hog panels. Pruned every January and mulched with grass clippings and rabbit manure These become canned Grape juice, jelly and grape wine The Blackberries grow on the same kind of arbor These are on their way to becoming Blackberry jam, pie filling and even blackberry cordial Blessings from The Holler The Canned Quilter