This book is a must have for all beginning herbalists. I do not believe this is an exaggeration in any way. Rosemary Gladstar is an old school herbalist- she was taught by the generations before her. The introduction of her book details her life growing up on a farm and the meat of the guide…
How to Build Alpaca Fencing
So really, MrGillis is the authority on this, but until he is willing to sit down and write a post himself, I guess I just have to explain it as best I can, myself. I decided to write this blog, because I am proud of our fencing. Like, really proud. We get complimented on it,…
Weekend Warriors- The Month Of March
Its been a fairly crazy month here on the Gillis Homestead- We’ve been boiling down sap into syrup all month. But the temps are rising and with rain in the forecast instead of snow (FINALLYTHANKGOD) its probably coming towards a swift end. We’re happy with the amount we’ve produced tho. Even tho we lost at…
Our Seeds have ARRIVED!
I LOVE Johnny’s Select Seeds. We, LITERALY place our seed order yesterday and THEY ARRIVED TODAY. Now, I get that we’re in Maine and so are they, but seriously, wowzas. Well, most of them arrived at least. Our Onion starts aren’t going to be coming til the end of the month(which is when we’d be…
Getting Ready for Spring- Seed sorting
So, I know I just got done complaining in my last blog that March in Maine is NOT SPRING, but that led me to wanting more spring like activities in my life, because ugh. Enough is enough winter. This means that about the only thing I can do to make it feel more spring like,…
Making a Stew with a Roux
I love cold weather cooking. Soups, pot pies, stews, noodle dishes, rice dishes, warm comfort foods that connect with your SOUL, man. And March in Maine is not spring folks- we are STILL getting freezing temps and snow even tho its supposedly spring. This blog is all about turning your chicken soup, into chicken STEW….
Book Review – Homegrown Pork: Humane, Healthful Techniques for Raising a Pig for Food
This is going to be the start of a new series- because reading is FUNdamental and I really like to share my love of it and the books that inspire or teach me. Also I was that kid in grade school that handed in 10 page book reviews, so it kinda makes sense that this…
The Sunshine Blogger Award
A special thank you and shout out to The Little Red House for nominating our blog for The Sunshine Blogger Award. I love reading about their adventures and I feel very fortunate that they enjoy our stories as well. I’m not so great at these types of things, but hey, lets give her a whirl and…
Weekend Warriors- February 2018
holy. So the big shebang this WHOLE month has been about the shed project. Specifically the kitchen and 1/2 bathroom portion of the shed. Last time I updated, my dad, MrWard, and the hubby were pulling out all the old nasty insulation and fixing a very bad roof leak that had been causing water damage…
Official Breaking News!
So remember when I posted our 2018 goals list, and said I couldn’t reveal the details of every thing because some of it was still in the works? Well the time has come to let you in on one of those plans. We have officially become Coast Of Maine Dealers! For those of you that…
Basics of Bunny Care
So, as I mentioned quite a few blogs back, we have fostered a farm bunny forever – He came to ready to chill- ok so not really. He and I had a bit of a tumultuous start. He would straight up growl at me when I cleaned his hutch in the morning. So, we called…
Why We Decided to Raise Pigs
I’m going to preface this blog by explaining a bit of personal history. I was a vegetarian for over a decade. I decided at the ripe old age of 8 that eating animals was cruel, unnecessary and not something I wanted to be apart of. This lasted until I was in college. I am now…
