Category Archives: Happenings

And just like that we move into Tuesday Happenings…I know, we’re pretty blog sporadic lately – lots of stuff going on. The weather has been kind to us lately and much is getting done. A new cold frame built, fencing for the espaliered white grapes, blackberry lanes, a new elderberry patch cleaned out and plantedContinue reading “Busy Busy Busy Beeeees…”

What is happening on this little plot of land? Mostly, our list of things to get done outpaces our getting things actually done but such is this life. I’m getting excited about setting up some Dandelion Wine, Flower Syrups, and Foraged Kimchi. I’m getting seedlings ready for sale and ready to plant. Josh is buildingContinue reading “Tuesday Happenings”

Peas, Onions, Carrots, Beets, and Potatoes are in! Yay, Spring! (Alright, not all of the potatoes are in – I have too many, as usual, mostly in the fingerling department so we’ll be doing those in bags and buckets). I’d like to find a good permanent bed for the parsnips and get the smaller raisedContinue reading “Rock Bottom Happenings”

Sometimes it’s the little things that keep us going, giving us considered pause and dare I say hope- like mini care packages and handmade postcards, and long waited for squash shoots (I had given up on them!) and spring bulbs popping up, like cleaning out the garage and working on new garden beds. Is itContinue reading “Happenings and Thinking Links”

Somehow Tuesday feels like a good day to check in with what’s going on around here – Monday is too aggressive about it, and Wednesday is already the halfway point to other plans, Tuesday is the sweet spot. It’s encouraging – the week is progressing, things are getting done, and there is even a bitContinue reading “the Haps”

Incremental happenings – one tiny step at a time!  Thanks to our beautiful and brilliant community of friends, family, and subscribers – we are slowly getting up to speed. Deliveries are starting to re-happen to the Portland area, which is great! Bready bits, kimchi, seed packets, jams & syrup – fantastic! I’m glad we canContinue reading “Happenings”

I love growing things. I’m no expert, by any means, but I have always had a love affair with dirt, soil, earth and the magick that springs forth. When I was a kid, we had a garden, and chickens (and turkeys and rabbits) but I lived on a steep sloping hill with just a bitContinue reading “Happenings: Seed Starters”

Happenings at Rock Bottom Homestead these days is probably much like yours – trying to wrap our brains around what’s going on and what we can do to help. What are we thinking/planning/on about? Setting up bulk meet deliveries near you – I hear there’s a surge in baking these days but we’ve got youContinue reading “What’s the Hap?”

Though the world is a little crazy – some have more time than they know what to do with and some have less, as they juggle (and worry) more. Yes, it’s true, our upheaval has been a little less but we’re no less worried (sometimes more from the panic and the increase in gun sales)Continue reading “Happenings”

(from J) Folks, I hope this finds you and yours safe and healthy. Not sure if you’ve noticed, but things are getting a little weird out there. Here at Rock Bottom it is business as usual. Boiling sap, starting seeds, baking bread and doing our best to take it day by day and remember theContinue reading “Happenings”