It’s Gonna Be A Busy Spring Ma!
Image Credit goes to John Kitsteiner of Temperate Climate Permaculture. Welcome! For the last few years Ma and I have really been working towards becoming more food secure and at the same time trying...
View ArticleUrbanite And Other Things.
Urbanite pile. Urbanite on Off Kilter Acres is not a person who lives in an urban area, it’s this beautiful stuff, basically used concrete and stone. We love repurposed material here on the OKA and we...
View ArticleHugel Wha?
Image Credit goes to Richsoil.com Hugelkultur is an old German concept/word meaning “hill-culture”. Wood is buried under topsoil (either in a hole or right on the ground) and as it breaks down, it...
View ArticleThings Goin On.
Our temporary makeshift rain catchment. Ma and I have been hard at work around the farm getting things ready for the upcoming growing season. I found an ad from a friend on facebook that had these...
View ArticleBattle Of The Invasives
Autumn Olive Leaves and Blossoms. I hear so much stuff about invasive plants. “Oh you don’t want to plant that it’s invasive!” or “You better get a jug of RoundUp! That stuff will take over.” About a...
View ArticleThe Rooter Pot Experiment Pt. 01
I saw these Rooter Pots a while back and thought I might like to give them a shot. I made the purchase and then researched them. I didn’t find much on them so I hope that’s not a terrible thing. They...
View ArticleSprung!
110 toilet paper tubes planted with tomatoes for our first Farmers Market event of the year. The last few days I have been getting my chop and drop on. It’s inevitable that the rains are coming and I...
View ArticleOther Peoples Trash
Conetainers Planted full of tree seeds. I made friends with a guy from down under, a fellow permie and an aficionado of all things nitrogen-fixer. We’ve made a couple trades and this go round I ended...
View ArticleRooter Pot Update and Other Things Goin On.
New Nursery Area. T-posts Cattle Panels And Zip Ties Are A Must Around Here. The big project his weekend was to get our nursery moved up closer to our Zone 1 area. We have to work so much in this area...
View ArticleThe Wadulisi Girls Arrival
We are so stoked to have them. Jujube, apple, pear, plum, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, grapes, muscadine, mexican plum, hackberry, honey locust, black locust, fruiting dogwoods, autumn olive,...
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