Author: chadn1

Weekly CSA Shares

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”5″ gal_title=”Weekly CSA Shares”] Here is what our weekly shares contain.  If you see lots of veggies on a table that is the total for 9 shares.  If it is just in front of a basket that was one share.  Our goal was to provide at least $10 worth of Farmer’s Market quality fresh […]

Celebrating Arbor Day and working all weekend

#Arborday We planted 14 trees and shrubs this weekend.  Kathy moved 6 red buds from the old house they may or may not live but with the wet weather she was able to get the roots out so we are hoping for the best.  We also planted 2 hazelnut trees, 2 pecan trees and 2 […]

Chicken Coop

The plan this year is to add bees and chickens to the operation.  I posted pictures of the bee hives earlier and we have bees coming mid April.  It is time to start working on the Chicken Coop.  We bought plans for a 4 x 8 shed from http://www.icreateables.com You can see those plans here.  They […]

A blustery day in March

The weather has been so wonderful the last few weeks.  Today we were reminded that it is still March.  The high was about 40 and the winds blew and gusted all day.  We even had a few snow flurries.  I had hoped to maybe plant some early spring things today but decided against it.  My […]

CSA Shares are going fast!

It is March 1 and GI Acres has sold 5 of the 10 shares available.  I think it is actually 6 but until the forms are filled out I’m not counting our sales.  If you are interested in our CSA check out the CSA Member Agreement. You can sign up for the CSA by clicking […]

10 things you won’t do after becoming an urban homesteader – Homegrown & Healthy

Once you’ve been bitten by the urban homesteading bug, there’s no cure. For real. When John and I started our teeny, tiny little garden and first documented it on The Sustainable Couple, we had no idea what we were doing. Fast forward 5 years and we’ve gotten ourselves together. We also have backyard chickens, 6… Read […]

Picking Seeds for the Garden This Year

  I just spent over an 90 minutes digging through seed catalogs with Kathy.  Today we picked carrots, radishes, beets, squash (summer and winter) and tomatoes.  If the good lord is willing, and you buy a share in our CSA you will have the opportunity to get a great variety of veggies this summer.  I […]

Snowmageddon 16

Groundhog Day of 2016 will be memorable.  They said winter storm Kayla might just lay into us and yes she did.  At noon the official snowfall for the day in Grand Island was 14.9 inches.  Winds blowing with gusts up to 53 miles per hour.  This is our first real snow storm at GI Acres […]

What do you want in your CSA share?

CSA SIGN UP When you sign up for our CSA at the link above you will be asked “What is the one item that you need to have in your CSA basket this season?”  We are still planning what we will plant.  You can help us choose our garden items.  I will tell you though, […]

Project for Today January 16, 2016

Kathy wants to have bees in a top bar hive.  Today I built our first top bar hive.  Like all projects I will do a few things differently with the next one.  I may also have to either make the lid a little bit bigger, it goes on pretty tight and that is not a […]

Free Seeds from the Government

How to get free seeds from the USDA for rare heirloom vegetables and fruits that no one else will have in their garden. Source: Free Seeds from the Government

CSA Sign Up is Live for 2016 at GI Acres

A box of tomatoes like this could be at your house this summer if you join now.  We only have 10 spots so don’t delay.  You can join the GI Acres CSA by clicking here.  We expect you will receive at least an average of $10 of veggies every week for a 20 weeks.  

2016 Member Agreement

Here is the latest version of our GI Acres CSA Member Agreement this agreement is current as of 1-1-16.

Look what we saw tonight. Spring is here.

I was showing the house and the property to some friends and one of them noticed a robin sitting on the top of a fence post.  It looked like it might be nest.  When it flew away we looked a little closer and found this.