What a day!

Wooooooooweeeeeeee! What a day, what a day! So we didn’t finish today like planned, or hoped. “We make plans and God laughs…” Its okay though because tomorrow is another day, tomorrow isn’t ideal planting conditions, we will have sun tomorrow verses an overcast forecast. And even though everything didn’t get done, so much work did…

Outdoor Season Opener

Good Morning Folks, The day is HERE! The Dogwood is beginning to bloom, the weather is PERFECT for planting here in Plymouth today. Today we are expecting temperatures in the high fifties, drizzly, cloudy! This is perfect transplanting weather. Slightly higher humidity, no drying sun or wind! We couldn’t ask for a better season opener!…

Plymouth County Growers, children’s tomato growing contest…

Ruuuttttttrooh! My husband was screaming, No, no, no, no! Unfair advantage! All the way down route 3A today. I say what better way to keep Future Growers going all season then enroll our mini hortaculturalist in a tomato growing contest! Plymouth County Growers Growing supplies in Kingston, Massachusetts is hosting a children’s tomato growing contest…

Saturday’s season opener!

Hey everyone! Tara here from The Homestead Transformation, here at the Half Acre Homestead where plans are getting going for a great season opener on Saturday! We will be sharing portions of the season opener with everyone on our Facebook page. DON’T MISS OUR LIVE! CLICK HERE TO FIND ITS ON FACEBOOK! This morning we…

Greenhouse Log 5-8-18

Well folks here it is! Our final green house log of the spring what an amazing start to spring it has been. The greenhouse gas array started to be emptied, left inside are some more flowers that will need a little extra love, and mostly vegetables that will go out this weekend during our Outdoor…

PINTEREST CHALLENGE!

Hey Everyone! Its Tara from the Homestead Transformation here at the Half-Acre Homestead! What a great day we had yesterday! Early sowing of some wild flower seeds outside, getting some plants in, we will keep you up to date on their progress! Today we are going to share with you 2 of our favorite Pinterest…

Busy Saturday

Today was a very busy day! I’m beat to say the least. Our day started at 5:30 this morning because Turkey season has officially opened here in Massachusetts! Asher was out at 7 this morning working on getting his first turkey. Unfortunately today wasn’t the day for him. Along with all of my gardening, bus…

Future Growers S2E2

Planting a garden is a great way to get children using their senses. There are so many wonderful things to see, smell, taste, touch, and they attract wonderful things to hear. This week our future grower Asher started his sensory garden! YouTube Future Growers S2E2 Watch it on our YouTube Channel!! Our sensory garden includes…

Giving back starter packs

I don’t think I even have to say there’s no doubt I remember where I came from. I remember very well. Remembering this has made me so unbelievably eager to give back. I’m so unbelievably grateful to my friends at Plantation Products for their generosity. Thursday we brought room 4 at Head Start a great…

Green House Log 4/27/2018

Hello again everyone! Welcome back to another exciting week! We took a week off from our log you may have noticed. We renovated our kitchen floor. It was a lot of work but well worth it. I want to start by thanking my friends at Plantation Products! This week I stopped by the local Head…