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Dark Sky Homestead and Herbs
darkskyherbs@getalby.com
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My husband and I live on our 40 acre off-grid homestead in Northeastern Arizona, we're frugally building it up from raw land to our dream homestead. We sell small batch herbal tea blends. My husband is a Journeyman Inside Wireman and former law enforcement. I'm a recovering corporate drone (HR). Follow along to see us build out our homestead and businesses. Our Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DarkSkyHerbCo Our website: www.darkskyherbs.com
Went to a antique shop and they had turned a bed pan into a light, they had several other strange things turned into lights but this was the most unique piece. image #grownostr #antiques
Billy's Bone Sauce is still working, keeping the rabbits from eating all of our squash! Pretty excited that it worked. It also seems to be helping with keeping the pack rats our of our engines! I will make sure we are stocked up on this stuff from now on! #grownostr #gardening #permies #permaculture #highdesertgardening #packrats
Only an electrician would get excited about this type of clearance sale! But hey, we now have these items covered for when we get around to building our home! And we can pass on the savings with customers. image #grownostr #smallbusiness #electrician
For all the firefly nerds! Picked up at a yard sale for $15. Now we have to go back and watch it again and also Serenity! image #grownostr #firefly #boredgames
GM Nostr! It's a going to be a beautiful day! We're still working on our friend's tiny house and a few other issues that they're having around their house. What are you all getting done today? image #grownostr #electrician #smallbusiness #gsd
We've been working on a new project for some different friends from church. They had hired a different electrician and he just stopped showing up about a year ago so my husband stepped in to help them get their project completed. This is how he found the subpanel and how he finished it. The original electrician also created too many circuts for the subpanel he installed. My husband corrected the issue by using some special breakers that are designed for this kind of issue, saving our friends from having to purchase another subpanel.
Picked up a couple of little lavender plants today at a local lavender farm that was having a wine and bloom festival. We were definitely not their clientele, we got the strangest look when we said we weren't there for the wine and I just wanted plants! Apparently we're not bougie enough! ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚ oh well, but at least I have locally grown lavender plants that I can just put in our native soil and grow! Now to grow, propagate and sell to locals. image #grownostr #lavender #permies #gardening #permaculture #notbougieenough
Well, this should be an interesting day. Calm right now but winds will pick up (which is normal and not bad today) but the humidity is the crazy part, 4% this afternoon. Might need to water the garden twice today between the winds and low humidity. At least our high is only 87 today. Let's hope people pay attention today and don't do any burning. image #grownostr #gardening #weather #fireseason
So many of us came from TSP to Nostr and one of the TSP members is fighting cancer and some amazing souls set up a fundraiser for her. Check it out and if you're capable bid on some of the awesome items up for auction, including our teas! Cancer is a bitch, let's help her fight her battle. https://jennihill.livingfreeintennessee.com/auctions/ #grownostr #tsp #fuckcancer #fundraiser
The lab fell asleep on my ankle while I was talking with my mom on the phone, he did not want to move. #grownostr #dogstr #labs #dogsofnostr image
While I was helping friends install insulation on their ceiling, one of their 10 week kittens decided to climb up the ladder and sit in my lap while I waited. I'm on a 17ft ladder and he climbed it like nothing, then curled up and started to fall asleep in my lap before I finally hand him back to her. image #grownostr #catstr #kitten #barncat
Picture of one of my Sunflowers just because I'm excited about it's potential! This is a Hopi Black Dye Sunflower, half of them that I planted have leaves with a black outline on them, the other half are normal looking Sunflower seedlings. Curious to see how they look when they're grown. image #grownostr #gardening #highdesertgardening #Arizona #Sunflower #permies #permaculture
A friend from church had a yard sale, her husband passed about three years ago and she felt it was time for his stuff to find new homes where they would be appreciated and used. She also was getting rid of her canning item. We picked up all this and more for $160, because she just wanted to see it be used rather then rot in her sheds. #grownostr #garagesale #grateful
Anyone use David the Goods vetted swamp water in their gardens? It's our driest time of the year and we're struggling to keep our compost wet enough to break down at the rate that we need to add nutrients to our garden. We're in the process of setting up our worm farm but still a ways out from it producing what we need and the vetted swamp water seems to be a good alternative but wondering if anyone has used it amd what their experience has been. #grownostr #gardening #swampwater #permies #permaculture #highdesertgardening
Alright, it seems that Billy's Bone Sauce kept them from nibbling on our squash plants. The rabbits definitely came and checked them out but didn't nibble for the first time in a couple of days. They only seem to want these specific squash plants, they've left all my other plants alone, including a couple of other squash plants. image #grownostr #gardening #permies #permaculture #rabbits #Bonesauce
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