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Cheap DIY Seed Starting Shelves

It was time to plant my onion seeds, and I didn't have any shelves. Buying new shelves was going to cost me upwards of $100, and I had just bought a bunch of 2x4s to keep "in stock", so I thought why not use some of those and build a set of shelves?

28 Jan 2026

Grabouw Boerewors Recipe

Living in the USA, one of the things we miss the most from South Africa is "boerewors." "Boerewors" is an Afrikaans word for "farmer's sausage".

07 Jul 2025

Our First Meishan Litter: The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

We have been looking forward to this moment for over a year!

23 Apr 2024

Revamping our Orchard Irrigation

We felt like our orchard irrigation was not working well.

17 Mar 2024

Yolanda and Yorick are here!

Today was the day to go and pick up Yolanda and Yorick.

10 Nov 2023

New Pigs Means New Pens

... and it's never just one pen either, it's always a few. This time, we're building 4 new pens.

07 Nov 2023