Seven Tails Homestead

05/11/2026

Broody runner duck due to hatch soon.

04/15/2026

🚨 BREAKING: Ohio has officially entered full “fan stays on” mode… regardless of what the weather is doing outside. 🌬️❄️

Wind advisory? Active.
Temperature? Could be 15°… could be 55°… nobody really knows.
Snow, rain, sunshine all in the same day? Standard Ohio behavior.

Meanwhile inside an Ohio bedroom…

Window slightly cracked for no reason.
Three blankets stacked like a survival plan.
One leg out for “temperature control.”
And that box fan? Running like it’s part of the household essentials. 😭

Because this isn’t about staying warm.
This isn’t even about comfort.

This is about the airflow.

You can crank the heat, seal the windows, and prepare for winter like a professional…
but if that fan isn’t on?

Yeah… you’re not sleeping.

That fan could be pulling in straight Midwest freezer air and somehow it still feels right.

It’s not cooling the room…
it’s setting the vibe.

Outside? Absolute chaos.
Inside?
“Yeah… just leave the fan on.”

Because in Ohio, silence isn’t peaceful…
it’s suspicious.

If it doesn’t sound like a small engine running in the corner,
nobody’s getting any rest.

Welcome to Ohio —
where the weather makes no sense…
and neither does the fan logic. 🌀

04/11/2026

Apple trees are doing well.

04/08/2026

Poultry Swap

03/21/2026

02/19/2026

One raised bed can produce 3 to 4 complete harvests per year. The technique: the moment one crop finishes, the next goes in the same day.

ROUND 1 (Feb-May): Cool-season crops.
Sow spinach, peas, lettuce, radishes, and kale. These finish by late May when heat arrives.

ROUND 2 (May-June): Warm-season transition.
The day you pull peas, transplant tomatoes into the same spot. Peppers replace lettuce. Beans follow spinach. Zero downtime.

ROUND 3 (July-Aug): Midsummer succession.
When bush beans finish first flush, cut plants at soil level and sow a second round. Quick crops like radishes and lettuce fill gaps between tomato plants that are now tall enough to provide shade.

ROUND 4 (Aug-Oct): Fall cool-season return.
As tomatoes slow down, interplant fall spinach, kale, and garlic. By the time frost kills tomato vines, the fall crops are already established.

THE KEY: Start Round 2 seedlings indoors 4 weeks BEFORE Round 1 finishes. Transplants go in the moment old crops come out. No gap. No empty soil. No wasted sunlight.

A single 4×8 bed using succession planting produces the equivalent of a 12×8 bed planted once.

02/05/2026

Berry planting time!

01/18/2026

Hydroponic mini garden is thriving. 🌱🌿💚🌸

01/18/2026

I use bed that are tall for everything easier on the back.