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…

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…

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…

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…

Growing Myself

Before I start today… I have to start by giving my condolences to the wife of Yarmouth Police Officer, Sean Gannon. Yesterday, April 12, 2018 was the EOW for Officer Gannon, after he was killed in the line of duty. Our heart is heavy for his family, His brothers and sisters in blue, his K9…

Soil warming

It seems that finally this week in New England Mother Nature has finally realized it was time to let spring begin and put and end to this frozen winter theme she’s been holding on to like something out of a Disney movie. This means we can FINALLY begin preping our outdoor spaces to begin accomodating…

Something Sweet Coming Our Way

So often I go back to the beginning of our a story, being a single mom on food stamps. Having a dream, thinking that there was no way we could ever get remotely close, thinking it was merely a pipe dream. Of course it is still in the dream phase, but it’s growing, expanding. Our…