We talk about a few of our winter crops that are going to seed as we are settling into spring weather. Get some tips on harvesting seed, ideas for your next winter garden, and some general knowledge! With lots of love ~Bren and Kaliah -Kindred Acres

I created a video to offer some tips on seed saving. I wanted to add the same holds true with peppers, tomato, watermelon, etc. save from your BIGGEST and best fruit. It’s hard to see those delicious juicy fruits and not pick them to eat them but you will be rewarded with good strong seeds to later produce lots more of that deliciousness.

We are 18 months into our project! Take a tour of our young food forest as it wakes up from its winter slumber. Listen to some tips to help you get on your way with starting your own!! When we started this project just around 18 months ago there was not one garden, not one fruit tree...in fact the ONLY thing in this back yard space was grass/weeds, and that one magnolia tree. We built the coop/chicken yard, the small wood shed, put in the woodchips, planted the fruit trees, gardens, herbs, etc. We still have a long way to go but it's a beautiful work in progress!

Long post here. BUT I believe it is WORTH the time to read. I'm feeling very passionate right now and needed to write.I, admittedly so, like some of you, had let a little of the fear creep in lately. Not of the virus because to be honest, I'm not afraid of the virus. I was afraid of the reaction of the people. Of potential mayhem. Of some of the conspiracy theories. I don't have a TV. I don't watch the news. And I seldom scroll through the doom and gloom posts on social media because it hurts my heart and I do get sucked in. I prefer it this way because those kinds of things make you vibrate low and seriously eat at your soul. Lately, in the wake of the events, if I was to get on to social media to post something positive, I saw 10 negative posts....posts out of fear, of the what-ifs, of the look what is happening, of the oh boy here we go....etc. Yes, it is uncertain times.... and yes it is very sad of the lives lost, of the jobs lost, of the challenges we all face moving forward. But I BEG you to step back for a moment and look at the little bit of BEAUTY in it all. Yes, there is some beauty in this. Allow me to explain.

We are super excited that our first beehive arrived today!! We have a local beekeeper that offers a rental/mentorship program. You can rent the hive for a year, they come out and set it up and maintain it. At the end of the year, you can choose to purchase the established hive (or rent again for another year).

Yaay!! While we were sitting to have brunch a truck pulled up and we got a surprise!! Check out what came in the mail!!With lots of love ~Bren and Kaliah -Kindred AcresIf you find our blog posts and videos helpful or inspiring and would like to provide a love offering to Kindred Acres for all we do here, you can give us an upvote/comment here on steemit, give us a thumbs up on Youtube, or you can send any love offerings / financial contribution ($1, $5, or whatever you are compelled to leave) via We greatly appreciate your help and support!