Call me crazy, but I'm writing this in my should-be nap time. 7am saw the wood burning oven already lit, dough rising for some 80 (giant!) cinnamon buns plus the usual dozen loaves of sourdough, tables being set up out front, and a grand collection of coffee pots taking up the kitchen. Why, you may... Continue Reading →
Hello, my readers far and near! Firstly, I do hope that you enjoyed Julie's insights to life and work here on the homestead - if you didn't catch her midweek post, scroll down and check it out. Julie continues to be a wonderful addition to our family and community, and is getting so much done!... Continue Reading →
For this exciting mid-week blog post, I would like to introduce our lovely WWOOF volunteer, Julie! She has generously written a guest post for Nidulari, to share with you her first experiences here on our homestead! I'd also like to remind all of my St Croix followers that this Saturday is a bake day, with... Continue Reading →
It's been a great week in the land of Nidulari. With the help of our lovely new WWOOF volunteer, Julie, I've been able to plaster at twice my previous speed, resulting in the East wall and the rear wall being complete up to about 6' high, and the outer layer on the West wall being... Continue Reading →
I'm not even sure where to start. It's been another soggy week in this land of trees and weeds and mud, but we've yet to be swept away into the ocean! Despite the rain, I was able to do a little more plastering on the Nid, a little more planting, and my Wednesday baking. Can... Continue Reading →
The sun is finally out! This isn't something that usually causes me to rejoice, yet this week has been so very wet that I'm glad for a chance to dry laundry, sweep and dig away the mud that has washed indoors, and collect up some wood to stack in a sheltered place. The 4+" of... Continue Reading →
It's been a challenging and sad week in the news - I keep finding myself going to the weather forecast whenever I'm online in order to escape the bitterness. It seems as though people everywhere are picking fights, finding faults, and creating great bitterness and tragedy for themselves and others. Why can't we all put... Continue Reading →
Today we said goodbye to two of our best WWOOF volunteers, Landen and Miko, who have helped us to come so far with all the projects over the past weeks. With their help we have thinned an area of genip forest and planted what will ideally become a "food forest" area of very low maintenance,... Continue Reading →
I write to the howling wind and heavy rain of tropical storm Bertha. So far it looks as though she will pass us by, ravaging, instead, Ponce in Puerto Rico some 100 or so miles North of St Croix. Nonetheless, we are having 40 to 50 knot gusts coming through, and the drought has been... Continue Reading →
Its hot as a furnace on St Croix, a heat that has been gradually building for weeks like some slow method of torture. Usually there would be rain storms coming through in the afternoons, giving some respite from the tepid air, yet so far those have been few and far between this summer. As we... Continue Reading →
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