While most people are fixated on football, politics, and covid…. up North we have the Katmai Fat Bear Week competition. Grizzly’s are beefing up to sleep out the winter. Big boy Bear 747 fittingly took the prize! Big bear fun aside, we have been wrapping up (hopefully) a month of rain. August is usually the […]
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Dog Excercise in Alaska
We have had 30 mph wind gusts today (up to 60 mph last night) which made for an interesting dog walking experience on the Spit. While some of us walk and run our canine friends on trails, others take it to a new level – Alaska style. August can be a rainy month in Alaska […]
Winter Is Closing In
Even though it is still September, it feels like winter is just around the corner. All is good as winter is our favorite season but we now have a short time window to get the high tunnel up. We picked up the tunnel yesterday from our freight forwarder’s Kenai terminal. A 1500 lb. 8′ pallet […]
Our Ship Is Coming In (literally)
We are finally getting our Premier1 electric fence supplies and the Farmers Friend high tunnel late this week. Both orders will be shipped into the Kenai Port for pickup in Soldotna. All said, there will be a 1500 lb 8 foot pallet and six large boxes that weigh approximately 60 lbs each. Nothing ever goes […]
Feats Don’t Flail Me Now
Ok, if you were never a Little Feat fan then the title doesn’t mean much. Co-founder Bill Payne was arguably one of the best piano blues rock musicians to grace the airwaves. Music aside, here in Homerland it is field prep time. We are clearing (flailing) a 120′ x 30′ plot in our main field […]
New Logos
We have been toying around with logo ideas. It would be nice to have something next year if we sell at the farmer’s market or just offer some promotional merchandise like t-shirts. After chasing down a variety of avenues, we stumbled into a simple and inexpensive approach that we thought we would pass along. We […]
Frick’n Chickn’s
The world continues to turn here in Homerland. Labor Day is tomorrow which starts the end of tourism. That is of course both a good (for locals) and a bad thing (for businesses). In our microscopic world, projects remain (high tunnel, electric fence, field prep). The chicken complex above will have to move this coming […]
Alaska World Arts Festival
Renowned as a cultural center, this unique community has been inspiring world-class artists for over 50 years.It is now the inspiration for the Alaska World Arts Festival. An Alaskan resident and performer herself, Sally Oberstein is the visionary behind this multi day event. It embraces all aspects of the arts with both local and virtual […]
Premier 1 Electric Fence Order
We finally ordered a 2 acre perimeter fence from Premier 1 Supplies. We were happy with the quality of supplies from them in a previous order and would not hesitate to recommend them for any fencing equipment. We are again using our freight forwarder, American Fast Freight. Premier will ship for free in the continental […]
Key West in a Parka?
That’s Homer of course… according to the Seattle Times. They were referencing the Coastal Living Magazine. The magazine claims Homer is one of the happiest seaside towns. We have to fully agree. Here is a good write-up from The Alaska Life. Enjoy! Be well & dream green!