Johnny’s Selected Seeds

Raising Babies in the Woods With No Running Water

Take a look back some 17 years and you’d find me raising babies in the woods with no running water.…

2 years ago

Hard Lessons

Your friendly neighborhood farmer has learned some hard lessons in animal husbandry over the past three weeks. Since I last…

4 years ago

Farming Full-Time!

It's both exhilarating and terrifying to say that I am now farming full-time─with no off-farm income. No safety net. Nothing.…

7 years ago

The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution; Review & Giveaway

The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution is an eye-opener for the gardener, farmer, or homesteader, who seeks to cultivate soil health…

7 years ago

Happening at Runamuk in 2019

Some pretty exciting stuff's happening at Runamuk in the 2019 growing season: new gardens, new growing structures, upcoming events, and…

7 years ago

Sick Sheep Seldom Survive

Sick sheep seldom survive; that's what Gordon Blauvelt told me this week when I stopped in to retrieve 2 more…

7 years ago

Another Winter Storm

There's another Winter Storm dropping snow on the state of Maine this morning. My muscles and joints have finally stopped…

7 years ago

Homegrown Winter Salads

I haven't posted about it in a while, but I'm still growing shoots and sprouts as part of my Winter…

7 years ago

A Growing Season

Autumn 2018 has been a growing season for me on a deeply personal level. These darker days of the year…

7 years ago

Bringing Back the Winter Growing Challenge!

December is practically on our doorstep and with it comes the start of the 2018 Winter Growing Challenge! Woot woot!…

7 years ago