Applegarth Farm: Garden pictures

Friday, March 9, 2007

Garden pictures

A few of my raised beds, made with rocks from the property

A young kiwi vine, along the little house

A few of the fruit trees

Raised beds with the woodshed, and upper meadow in the background

Gardening in the Northwest is a lot like gardening in England, we have a lushness that I love, and can create cottage style gardens. These pic's were from last year, and are the perennial beds. I'll include another post with the vegetable garden. Right now I'm in the midst of creating another large bed, and most of my perennials I've dug (except the peonies) and I'm grouping them with color schemes. It's a huge process, but one I love, the deer are always around, and their favorite are my roses.

We are fencing the entire 10 acres, more on the fence later, along with pic's, because that is another huge project. Jarin and I both work outside the home, so everything is done in stages that take a while. Small steps toward a big dream, working on our land is so much fun, we both like it.

1 comment:

Kaylin Bettinger said...: Hi Jewel,

This seems to be the only way to contact you! I am a reporter for the Planet Magazine at WWU and I am writing a peice this quarter about people who live off the grid. I stubled upon your blog while looking for informations for my article. If you are interested I would love to talk to you about your lifestyle and home. I think it would be an interesting angle to take. Looks like a beautiful life, hope to hear from you soon.

Kaylin Bettinger
bettink2@cc.wwu.edu; January 15, 2009 at 11:34 AM

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Our goal here at Applegarth Farm is to raise children that play in the woods and gardens, and know where their food comes from. To feed the animals and care for their young, to gather eggs, and milk goats, to eat fruit off of trees, and berries from the bushes that we grow, and to eat from the gardens. We are working towards, and teaching them to be as self sufficient as best we can.

With the economy in the state it is, our plan has become even more important. Being able to live on less is one of our goals. Working from home, or close to home is another goal, and growing and harvesting most of our food is a big goal we've been working towards.

We live in a handbuilt home, our heat comes from the firewood we cut, and cooking is often done right on our woodstove. We grow a lot of our own food, and are building our home slowly with cash for materials, and the time to work on it. All of the buildings have been built over the years by my husband from trees grown and milled right on our farm, or from salvaged lumber.

The beginning years started here with no electricity or running water, and were lived in a small cabin, slowy building and clearing land. We are still trying to live as self sufficiently as we can. I am a homemaker and work part time in the nursery (plants and trees) business. We are raising children, tending animals, gardening and cooking from scratch.

Some of the topics you will hear about are; gardening, cooking, beekeeping, chickens, rabbits, building and timberframing. Along with some of my adventures in soapmaking, candlemaking, animal husbandry, plus the everyday of what's going on around the farm. Future building projects include a goat barn, a root cellar, and a pizza/bread wood fired oven. Come learn along with us, and share homesteading skills you are learning. I'm looking forward to meeting others that share a similar path that we're on, or simply others who dream of homesteading.