We had a very eventful October. Art decided to build a cement foundation for the hoop coop, which meant we had to move it. Cheers to old...

Here in northern Albania it's always a bit of a mood during February. This year the mood is blue skies and sunny days but super chilly...

I, Kim, returned after a month away to a very different landscape. The mountains are capped with the fresh snow. The homestead has been...

Last year, we attempted to dry whole persimmons but the outcome was tossed in the compost pile. But with the purchase of a small five...

Here at Homestead Albania we do a fair amount of canning. And this year we stocked the pantry with various versions of tomato based...

We've picked, crushed, smushed, and fermented our çylek grapes. Yesterday we filtered and drained the wine from our 500 liter and 50...

In the last two weeks, we have made four rounds of plum jam, plum preserves, grape mushti (grape juice with a kick), grape pekmez...

August always comes in with a variety of colors and changes throughout the homestead. Our fig trees are on a daily full five gallon...

After a week away and several jars of sauce, pickled peppers and eggplants completed by my sister-in-law and Art's mom we returned to...

We wrapped up April with a very green garden with hundreds of plants in the ground and THRIVING! I asked Art if he thought we had enough...

Morning light brings joy to break the night.

So for anyone that lives in an area that is not very generous with rain during prime growing season you get the pains of watering. And...

I politely suggested to Art that we have enough trees for 2021. Just this week we've planted 25 blueberry trees, over two hundred...

We have officially started to reap the rewards of the garden. Sure we had salad greens, spinach, and strawberries earlier but now the...

Ladies and Gentlemen we've struck oil, nah just kidding only water. The installation of a new well process has had it's share of...

I took time to walk around the nearly bare garden and take in all the changes that occurred this year this afternoon. We managed to...

We spent the first day of December hiking and collecting pomegranates from the hills of Mokset. Three huge potato sacks and two full...

Today I hit a major milestone and hit publish for the final copy of Castle of Teskom. The official book release is November 30th. You can...

Art's collection of short stories, Northern Albanian Folk Tales, Myths and Legends, eBook is available on Apple Books, Barnes & Noble,...

2. What kind of grapes do we have in our vineyard? We have four varieties of grapes in our vineyard including Çilek, merlot, hafisali...