Knotty Oak Homestead

Oh, dear! It's been awhile hasn't it? I've taken a long break from my homesteading blog to nurture my history blog. Lately, thou...

I've had to trick myself into going into the garden. Last year, after moving into our new house in May, we rushed to get the garden ...

Spring arrived on our little homestead a few weeks early! Well, ever since January, the stubborn spring flowers have been coming up. We even...

Yesssss!!!! And, boy, was it delicious!

I have been busy. Perhaps a bit too busy. I tend to overwhelm myself. Last week we went to Larriland Farm and picked the last of the season...

Yesterday the weather was glorious! There was a warm sun with a cool breeze - my favorite kind of weather. My kids and I went blueberry and ...

We've been getting in a lot of gardening/yard work the past few days! We were totally oblivious to the weather and that we were work...

My daughter kneading some bread dough with me standing by to help. I've always been fascinated with simple living and enjoying simp...

In recent years, I'll admit, I've developed a new soap box. What is it this time, you ask? Well, it's the kids' options o...

I am totally appalled that tomato season completely passed me by and I didn't even notice. I didn't hear anything about it, I was...

Lightning Bugs Love My Little Flowers! We've been hit with a massive heat wave. It's not only been hard on me and my family, bu...

My happy dill is growing tall!  My garden is going fairly well these days. My only insect problem so far is the black flea beetles which...

Strawberries, lettuce, acorn squash, maybe a cucumber?, dill,  rosemary, thyme, and basil. And potatoes that haven't sprouted yet. W...

Our farmer's market started last week. Hooray! It was cold and rainy, though, so the kids and I didn't stay long. I was very excited...

Today I decided to finally do some landscaping in the front of our house. The flower beds on either side of our steps (if you can call them ...

Flowers emerging from the leaves. Mt. Vernon, VA Spring is in the air, robins are hopping around, and crocuses and daffodils are showing the...

When I was looking around at books for sale at the MEN Fair, this book just sucked me in. It was the quirkiest, weirdest book about growing ...

I am truly amazed at how nature can still surprise. I thought my tomato plants were dead and gone. But since I posted last about my tomato p...

This year my little container garden was a huge bust. The harvest has been pitiful - 3 bulbous cucumbers and a handful of tomatoes with a fe...

My poor little garden is suffering. My potted tomatoes took a hard hit when we moved because they were stuck at the old place for awhile and...