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We are an urban homestead based on natural, holistic and sustainable principles. Our livestock includes chickens & honey bees and we cultivate fruits, vegetables and kitchen herbs.

06 – Composting; The Year in Review at 7HH-G

Auto-pilot. That is the best way to describe how we collectively make compost here at 7HH-G. A recycled plastic coffee container (a large one from Costco) is what we use … Continue reading

December 30, 2015 · 1 Comment

A review of Year 01 from our 5 Yr. Plan

Here is a review of the goals we set for ourselves for Year 01 of our 5 Yr. Plan: Year 01 – 2014 Build the chicken coop (a 6 wk. … Continue reading

December 27, 2014 · 6 Comments

A sneak peek at our updated 7HH-G 5 Year Plan

Glass. Fish. No-till. These are a few words to get you thinking about some of our updated plans as well as some new areas of interest for our micro-farm. We’ll … Continue reading

December 20, 2014 · Leave a comment

7HH-G photo from 9/15/14

This photo was taken in the morning after an evening of rain showers. The chicken coop is in the background. The roof of our Warre bee hive is the yellow … Continue reading

September 18, 2014 · Leave a comment

Seedlings update photos.

Here are the two pans our seedlings are growing in and a good look at their progress. We have the following growing here: thyme, oregano, lemon balm, snapdragons – and … Continue reading

March 6, 2014 · Leave a comment

Breaking down wood pallets for compost bin 02.

Compost bin 01 is really “cooking”. We have been supplying material from our kitchen/home, we have a weekly supply of restaurant material from Cecilia’s Café (a friend of mine has … Continue reading

March 6, 2014 · 1 Comment

Starting seeds indoors – seedlings.

We are starting several of our herbs, flowers and veggy’s as seedlings this year. We are using a simple shop light as a grow light. We started with thyme, oregano, … Continue reading

March 5, 2014 · Leave a comment

Straw bales purchased

This past weekend was nice weather here in New Mexico – so nice, that we took a trip to the countryside south of Albuquerque. The warm weather had us motivated not … Continue reading

January 16, 2014 · 2 Comments