The first post of the brand new Hemlock Valley Homestead blog. Join Us as We build an all new homestead from the ground up, Log/ cord wood cabin construction, Passive solar greenhouses, Earth bag cellar and pool and many other projects ahead.

With spring finally upon Us, The Homestead as been busy as of late. Work around the homestead and farm as only increased and I am working at a local winery/ vineyard again. Some articles and links on the blog are unfinished and I apologize for that, I like to do as much research as possible…

A continuation of the Birth Month Flowers series, The next month is of course February. Even though many people think of Roses during the month of February, because of Valentine’s Day. The shortest month of the years birth month flowers are the Violet and Primrose. The Wild Violet (Viola odorata) Native to Europe and Asia,…

In My previous post I talked about the home being the most important part of a homestead. Then the second most important part would be the stead, I don’t just mean in the name “Homestead”. But the idea of stead, having purpose or to be given a purpose or duty. I like to think of…

The biggest part of a homestead? Most people would probably agree, the home. I have chosen to design and construct a log cabin, my first attempt and a definite learning experience. I have always wanted to build such a style home and yesterday is always the best day to start. Features Large bedroom Large bathroom…

January’s birth flowers are traditionally the Carnation and Snowdrop flowers. You may be asking, What are Birth Flowers? Check out this article Birth Month Flowers for more details about all the birth month flowers. Short answer is there is a Language of Flowers(Floriography). Where many cultures saw meaning in flowers and meaning was given to…