Homestead

Raising the Bar at Wild Ozark

Today we were gifted with more snow. Yesterday when I got out of bed, the sun shown brightly with promises of warmth at least from direct sunlight. So I let the horses out to scrounge around for what little grass … Read the rest “Raising the Bar at Wild Ozark”

28 February 2015

Snowy Day in the Ozarks

It’s our first snowy day for the season. First it sleeted about an inch or so, then it snowed. It’s still snowing today. Not too much but enough to make everything look pretty. It’s about 20*F, so no danger of … Read the rest “Snowy Day in the Ozarks”

16 February 2015

Ever Heard of Herbalism for Plants?

Is herbalism exclusively for animals and people? Why not herbalism for plants?

I’ve never heard of anyone else using herbs to treat plants. There’s lots of information about how to use plants to treat people (and animals), but not for … Read the rest “Ever Heard of Herbalism for Plants?”

28 January 2015

Recover an Apple Tree

We have an Arkansas Black apple tree overgrown by brush and saplings. Is it possible to recover an apple tree after it’s gotten overgrown?

Pruning it has been on my list of things to do for a few years now. … Read the rest “Recover an Apple Tree”

27 January 2015

It’s A Good Day to Plant Seeds in Winter

Yesterday I took a break from figuring taxes (yes, I’m still working on taxes) and went outside to enjoy the warm-ish winter’s day and plant seeds. On the seed list today:

American ginseng
Echinacea purpurea
Echinacea tennesseensis
Comfrey (officinale)
Poppies

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22 January 2015

Life in the Dead of Winter

I enjoy seeing signs of life in the dead of winter. This week hasn’t been the typical dead of winter. Today was a beautiful day, sunny and nearly 70*F, and I became tired of figuring taxes. Time to go outside … Read the rest “Life in the Dead of Winter”

20 January 2015

The Nature of Still Water

We’re holding our breath here this morning at Wild Ozark, waiting to see what happens when the lines on the mountain thaw.

See, we’d insulated all the lines under the house and figured, hey, it shouldn’t freeze now under there … Read the rest “The Nature of Still Water”

16 January 2015

Random Nature Connection – Abundance in Nature

Abundance in Nature

The other day as we were out scouting for new springs on the mountain, (springs new to us, not springs new in existence and another form of the abundance in nature out here), I looked … Read the rest “Random Nature Connection – Abundance in Nature”

16 January 2015

Torture of Taxes, Podcasts and Frozen Water

Today I’ve been undergoing the torture of taxes, podcasts and frozen water . I’m doing taxes for the business, repairing broken podcast audio files, compiling good nature blog links, and making the chickens happy today. Compiling the good nature blog… Read the rest “Torture of Taxes, Podcasts and Frozen Water”

14 January 2015

Random Nature Connection – Ozark Spring Water

Our house runs on gravity fed Ozark spring water. This was a new experience to us when we moved here in 2005 from an urban town in south Louisiana. We had so much to learn about what it means to … Read the rest “Random Nature Connection – Ozark Spring Water”

26 December 2014

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Abundance in Nature