by John | Oct 19, 2016 | Handmade, Permaculture Design, Travel
In this video, the family and I visit a biodynamic homestead farm located on Lopez Island in San Juan County. The S & S Homestead farm (sshomestead.org) has been in production for almost fifty years and is the creation of Henning Sehmsdorf and Elizabeth Simpson....
by John | Oct 17, 2016 | Beekeeping, Livestock
In this video, I capture footage of the “HUGE” storm that slammed into the Pacific Northwest as remnants of Typhoon Songda made its was on land. And the time has come for me to finally provide shelter and the much-needed protection my Muscovy Flock...
by John | Sep 17, 2016 | Livestock
After countless attempts and various techniques, one of our Muscovy Ducks has hatched out two new ducklings. Muscovy ducks require an incubation time of about thirty-five days. It’s a taxing and restless time for the duck as she must protect the eggs, whilst...
by John | Aug 25, 2016 | Livestock
In my experience, ducks are very social animals. The Muscovy is no exception to this rule. In this video, Ilford, one of our Male Muscovy, and I exchange greetings. Here he demonstrates how social this breed can actually be. In general, the Muscovy duck will forage...
by John | Aug 18, 2016 | Trees
In this video, I show how I help establish new and young trees, such as walnuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, and other newly planted trees in my zone 5 portion of the property. Many nut trees are very drought tolerant once they mature. But the first four to five years they...
