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Making foraged apple cider - part I
apples growing wild... here, there, everywhere
Oct 2, 2025 • Rui Nakata
The fruits and veggies we grew this summer
recap of our growing season
Sep 26, 2025 • Rui Nakata
the gift of living rural
why are my neighbors so generous?
Jun 28, 2025 • Rui Nakata
Spring planting
projects around the homestead + planting journal
May 10, 2025 • Rui Nakata
4 years after I quit my corporate job and left the city for the woods
where I ended up after my quarter life crisis
May 7, 2025 • Rui Nakata
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A progression of a first year garden
Sep 21, 2024 • Rui Nakata
How to find the perfect land for your homestead
Feb 17, 2025 • Rui Nakata
4 years after I quit my corporate job and left the city for the woods
May 7, 2025 • Rui Nakata
my love letter to rural Japan
Apr 14, 2025 • Rui Nakata
my love letter to rural Japan
the summers I spent there turned me into a homesteader
Apr 14, 2025 • Rui Nakata
Making a frugal cottage garden - the beginning
seed starting, propagating elderberry, and my hellebore driving me mad
Mar 27, 2025 • Rui Nakata
How to find the perfect land for your homestead
for people who don't know where to start
Feb 17, 2025 • Rui Nakata
history of apples on the family homestead
everyone grew apples for storing, eating, and turning into cider
Jan 4, 2025 • Rui Nakata
A progression of a first year garden
and my favorite varieties I grew this year
Sep 21, 2024 • Rui Nakata
Edible landscaping: food + beauty
The landscape is waking up and it’s been interesting seeing what characters are at play.
May 28, 2024 • Rui Nakata
Permaculture design on the new homestead
locating microclimates to design passive systems
Apr 27, 2024 • Rui Nakata
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Permaculture + growing fruit and veg on my little homestead in Maine.
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