DIY Countertops When our Airbnb guest house flooded, the insurance unsurprisingly gave us peanuts to redo it. Hiring someone else would have left us with crappy flooring, crappy fixtures and a crappy laminate countertop. We of course decided to just redo the house ourselves and put in quality ... READ the POST
Farm Lights
I woke up early before the sun was up to get some beautiful pictures of the sky and enjoy the quiet of the desert before the farm animals wake up. I wish I'd had more time as the sunrise was extra beautiful and the weather extra perfect which is rare in the extreme desert. But alas, I had ... READ the POST
The farmstay guesthouse flooded!
I haven't posted much about this even though we've been struggling with it since january. I was walking past the farmstay guest house and noticed water leaking out the walls. I ran inside and there was just inches of water covering the entire first floor. Disaster! I was so upset. The ... READ the POST
What is a farmstay?
Farm vacations are well known around the world but not so for many Americans. 'Know your farmer' is a current rallying cry in the U.S. In the United States, the family farm has become a challenged institution since World War II. Yet, recently there has been a growing desire of many urbanites to ... READ the POST
More permit wins
Yea! We have moved forward a teensy bit in the permitting process! We finally got ahold of Heidi-our new county liaison. She put in writing, IN WRITING PEOPLE, what she was going to do for us and how much we'd need to pay and how long things would take. AMAZING. It's taken more than a year, but ... READ the POST
Day Two at the LA Trade Show
Good grief I'm tired. We started at 10 and I only sat down once before we stopped at 5. All day long I gave my little speech about what farmstays are and how fun they are and how important they are because they help to keep farms in business and food on the table. I had that spiel down pat before ... READ the POST