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Kim Malaj
7 days ago2 min read
Just a little trim
Piles and piles of limbs and vines stack up every January. Art has successfully cleaned the entire orchard, (800+ trees). He focuses on...
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Kim Malaj
Dec 29, 20244 min read
Build It and They will Come
Build it and they will come is our dream for 2025. Over the last seven years we've been asked about accommodations here at Homestead...
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Kim Malaj
Nov 29, 20242 min read
Squeezed the last bit of fall
November was stunning. We had mostly warm beautiful blue skies and sunny days. A vast changed to last years three week gloom and rain...
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Kim Malaj
Oct 31, 20243 min read
Six years on the books
That's right, Art and I have called Homestead Albania home for six years this month. I left a fancy IT job in New Zealand and moved to...
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Kim Malaj
Sep 30, 20243 min read
The magic of fall in Albania
September was a very busy month but oh so tasty. We've picked figs all month long. This makes our longest fig season in six years. We are...
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Kim Malaj
Aug 31, 20242 min read
Fall is almost here.
Wrapping up August in three words: HOT, DRY and FIGS. Our watering game was constant to keep our plants and orchard alive. In the garden...
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Kim Malaj
Aug 4, 20243 min read
Saucy Month
July was scorching hot with a record number of days breaking triple digits in Fahrenheit and over forty for those Celsius folks....
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Kim Malaj
Jul 1, 20243 min read
We are full
The garden is in peak production mode. Mornings consist of harvesting climbing beans, peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers,...
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Kim Malaj
May 30, 20243 min read
Food Forest and Mini Adventures
Our homestead's transition to May came in strong with new baby chicks, an epic mulberry season, sweet plums, nectarines, and is ending...
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