Field journal · Kept since 2026 · Late Spring
Notes from a working patch of earth.
Seasons, seedlings, and the small daily work of a homestead.
A plain-spoken record of what we sow, raise, cook, and learn — one acre at a time, kept honestly through every season.
On the homestead, right now
Late Spring · Week 22
Sowing
- · Pole beans
- · Summer squash
- · Second basil
Tending
- · Tomato side-shoots
- · Mulching beds
- · Bee check, hive 2
Harvesting
- · Lettuce & rocket
- · First strawberries
- · Spring onions
In the kitchen
- · Rhubarb cordial
- · Sourdough, day 4
- · Drying mint
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The story
One family, one acre, and a lot of trial and error
We started the Homestead Journal with more enthusiasm than skill — a tired patch of land, a stack of borrowed books, and the quiet hope that we could feed ourselves a little better.
Years on, we are still learning. This journal is where we keep it all honest: the harvests and the failures, the recipes that worked and the ones we would rather forget. If something here saves you a season of guesswork, it has done its job.
— Kept by two pairs of muddy hands
Letters from the field
A note each season, no more
Once a season we send a short letter — what is growing, what we are cooking, and the one thing we wish we had known sooner. No spam, ever.