Part 1: Dairy Farming–What is it and why do we care? (by Phoenix)
Hi, Phoenix here. I hope you enjoyed K’s blog series on photovoltaic systems–I know I learned a lot. Now I want to start a series on dairy farming…
Category: Agriculture
Part 2: Hoop house adventure- wind-proofing (by Phoenix)
The biggest challenge to setting up a hoop house here is protecting it from the wind. In spring and fall, we regularly get wind speeds of…
Part 1: Hoop house adventure- setup (by Phoenix)
As part of the effort to become food independent, K and I decided to put up a hoop house in fall 2021. What is a hoop house? You’ve probably…
Part 5: Possible solutions for your sustainable living–avoiding gardening pitfalls (By K)
When small-scale/ container gardening, one big thing to pay attention to is…
Part 4: Possible solutions for your sustainable living–small-scale/container gardening (By K)
In this post, I continue the theme of beginning the process of sustainable living even when on the grid. Here I focus on reducing food costs through…
Part 3: Growing fruit trees in the desert (and just how hard that is)
Along with raising animals and growing vegetables, we began experimenting with fruit trees, initially thinking we would grow the dwarf varieties (max height of 6 ft) in the greenhouse. This would not allow…
Part 2: Growing vegetables for food-independence
Photo: A typical early-season harvest of long-day onions, thyme, rosemary, sage, mint, and eggs.
I knew food-independence would be a large component of sustainable living. We had the animals, but needed to…
Part 3: Benefits of getting off the hamster wheel
I recognized I was living on a hamster wheel- running as fast as I could without going anywhere because…