Dia De Muertos
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BLACKHAMMER ACRES
Home Improvement, Sustainability, and Organic Gardening in Progress
What do you do when your only child goes off to college? You buy an old farmstead in the Driftless Area of Wisconsin, of course!
Rehabbing a farmhouse, gardening, and dabbling with sustainability is keeping us busy. Share our adventures through our writings and photos of the work in progress!
Maggie
4 days ago1 min read
Pumpkin Pie - Made With Home Grown Pumpkin & Eggs
It's been tradition for as long as Ed and I have been married for Ed to make the pumpkin pie for his side of the family's Thanksgiving...
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Ed
Nov 32 min read
Garden Put to Bed
We finally completed one of the hardest tasks of the year, which is getting the gardens ready for winter. Usually, we have this completed...
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Maggie
Oct 271 min read
Trying To Develop Sustainably Via "Reusing"
While not always possible, we're trying to build out our remaining projects using recycled / repurposed items. Ed recently had a couple...
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Ed
Oct 133 min read
The Year of Perennials In Review
We are at the mid-point of closing down the garden for winter. We are spreading a giant piles of woodchips across the beds, mucking out...
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Maggie
Oct 72 min read
From Dust to Dust; a Sad Day For Our Food Stores
Being relatively new to canning and storing food from our garden, we've now realized that we've been over canning each season (despite...
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Ed
Sep 271 min read
Lavender Update
As summer winds down, we will be taking stock of our Year of the Perennials. First up is our attempt at growing lavender. Like many of...
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Ed
Sep 221 min read
Summer Beauty
I do not usually just post photos, but took a couple of nice ones that highlight our summer... I tried my hand at small-scale flower...
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Ed
Sep 223 min read
Honey Season 2024
We are in the midst of mite treatment for our three beehives, so it seems like a good time to summarize our 2024 honey season. To start,...
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Maggie
Sep 141 min read
Time To Store Chicken Coop Straw - Winter's Coming
Time to start thinking about winter. We use straw as bedding for our chicken coop and for the nesting boxes. During the spring and...
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Maggie
Sep 141 min read
Our First Blue/Green Eggs From New Pullets
Pretty sure there's just one of my new hens that's laying blue/green eggs - but it's fun to see!
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Maggie
Sep 101 min read
My Neighbor's Tomatoes Are So Large!
My neighbor gave me some tomatoes today and I'm looking forward to making tomato sandwiches as my main sustenance for the next week or so....
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Maggie
Aug 311 min read
Gathering Eggs with a "Cute" Basket Makes Me Smile
I've gathered eggs using my shirt as a "pouch"; I've gathered eggs using the pockets in my sweaters and jackets (which can be dangerous...
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Maggie
Aug 202 min read
A Dump Truck Full of Wood Chips - Woo Hoo!
"Back to Eden" gardening is the long-term goal for our garden (my perspective). The purported benefits of the gardening method almost...
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Ed
Aug 31 min read
July Harvest
With all the rain this summer, the garden has become its usual unkempt self. Weeding is still difficult, but the vegetables are starting...
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