Kasdorf Minifarm

06/07/2026

Garden planted!

Cucumbers, peas, beans, corn, squash, tomatoes, peppers, and a variety of herbs

05/24/2026

Better late than never. I never got a chance last year to get a garden going. This year, with Isaac’s help, we will be using raised bed.

Our beds are make with crate materials from my work. I will be adding more.

The shallower ones on top will be herbs. Not 100% decided on the big 2.

05/20/2026

It’s World Bee Day!

Here are some of my bee pictures from over the years.

Plant some native wildflowers to help support your bee community!

05/18/2026

More and more plants waking up!

We planted Plum seedlings and they are starting to get leaves, the rose bush we planted last year is getting bigger, lilacs are blooming, and a mystery bud is getting ready to open!

04/25/2026

The first of the mystery flowers are starting to bloom!!!

04/13/2026

The flowers are emerging! I can’t wait to see what they all are. Last year someone was removing a large flower patch and was letting people dig up whatever they wanted so I filled some grocery bags with random plants.

01/31/2026

I know I have Spring Fever bad!

Here are some flower/nature pictures to get you through the last day of January.

01/10/2026

11/15/2025

Has anyone tried this?

Looks easy enough, maybe I’ll gather some pine needles this week.

🍸 PINE NEEDLE SPRITE 🌲
As we work our way closer to winter ❄️ gut health becomes vital to staying healthy and happy. The lack of fresh foods and sunlight, have a negative impact on our overall wellness. Fermented food and beverage products can help us regain an active gut and therfore help to keep us healthy and mentally well during the winter.

🎄The holidays are also approaching and sodas are a popular beverage at many family events. Unfortunately commercial sodas are full of harmful toxic ingredients, including high fructose corn syrup—a proven carcinogenic.
Instead, make yourself a "natural" pine needle sprite! A slightly fermented beverage full of live microorganisms and prebiotic substrates, great for balancing gut flora!🙌🌲✨️

PINE NEEDLE SPRITE 🌲

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups pine needles (edible pine species such as white pine)
2½ cup water (filtered water)
Raw honey or sugar (1 tablespoon per jar)

INSTRUCTIONS:
Add your honey or sugar and a small bunch of pine needles to your clean sterilized bottles. Fill up with water, close lid, and allow it to sit for 3 days.

If you live in a region, it's cold, place bottles in a sunny windowsill. If you live where it's hot, keep away from sunlight.

After 3 days, do not shake the bottle, and carefully open the lid. It should fizz and bubble like opening a can of soda.

NOTE: You may only see tiny bubbles. There should be a great amount of gas dissolved in the water, as long as your bottle is not leaking.

Enjoy over ice!!

🌿For more information on edible and medicinal plants, visit our site below
www.healthprimitive.com

Stay Wild ✌️

NOTE: this does not taste like turpentine for those that will make that comment 🥴
Pure gum spirits are made by distilling pine resin, which is completely different. We are also not using the resin, we are using the needles.

⚠️ SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS
Most pine species are considered edible with the exception of ponderosa, monterey, and lodgepole pine, which are reported to be toxic (mainly evidence showing in livestock). It is recommended to avoid these species. Norfolk island pine and yew pine are both toxic, but not actually true pines. Sometimes they can be misidentified for an edible species. Make sure you are 100% positive of identification before consuming.

09/21/2025

Not all heroes wear capes! Not all pollinators are bees 🐝🐝🐝

Solitary bees🐝, bumblebees, hoverflies🪰, butterflies🦋, moths, wasps and even beetles🪲 are all pollinators 👏

Around 4 in 5 crops and wild flowering plants rely on pollinators to transfer pollen and help them reproduce.

But pollinators are in a crisis and you can help change that!

📆On 26 - 28 September 2025 - join the Young Citizens Pollinators Assembly and learn more about the protection of pollinators 👉 https://citizens.ec.europa.eu/young-citizens-assembly-pollinators_en