Thank you, Maria

Garlic is cured and in. Next stop: separating cloves and beginning the drying and powdering process. I find making homegrown garlic powder so rewarding! In other news, Alby won't (yet) work for me here; I can't swing the monthly fees. Is anyone using a non-fee, self-custodial wallet to zap on Nostr with? Please share! #asknostr #homesteading

Finished my scrappy sweater! All done with leftover random yarns I didn't know what else to do with, including plenty of handspuns. Haven't washed it yet but just so happy to finish! It's perfectly funky for my 13yo 😅

Good reading and finishing up a wee baby blanket. Got the first garden bed turned over for fall planting. This year, drip irrigation went in; hopefully next year we can fence out the deer (currently I cover everything at dusk). First look at the bioreactor compost after a year and it's not bad but definitely not fine yet (still useable). Oh, and here's another look at why it's better to grow/raise your own food/medicine. On the left is chamomile I buy from a very respected and reputable herb source...on the right is my own, dehydrated. Which would you prefer? P.S. Chatting with Alby tomorrow--we'll see if I can get everything sorted out 🤷‍♀️ #grownostr #garden #herbalist

Thanks! It was handmade by a man in Michigan (Etsy). I currently have a sweet little Gilmore but have used a larger Macomber in the past. Both are beautiful and sturdy American made work horses.

Harvest, dry, store, repeat... Soon I'll work on the preps: tinctures, salves, infusion blends... Currently I try to get a little weaving in when I can, too.