Agraria Homestead

Agraria is what I call our little homestead in the middle of suburbia, tucked away on a ridge on the opposite side of the Chattanooga Valley, where Laura has her farm on Signal Mountain. I call our Homestead Agraria, which I came up with last year after

Immune-A-Tea

studying Small Farm Management, and learning more about our ancestors and the agrarian lifestyle man first was created to live when God created the earth. "The Earth is the Lords and everything in it, the world and all who live in it" Psalm 24:1 NIV. Part of my internship this year will be re-organising our gardens around our house, I have many different beds scattered around, and this year I would like to incorporate

another one in our front yard for my Immune-A-Tea project. Immune-A-Tea is an immune boosting tea I put together (partially from herbs from my garden) and partially from tea and other herbs I buy. It was birthed out of my elderberry syrup I make and sell, and something I came up with after studying Herbalism last semester, and realizing how much I already have growing in my garden than is beneficial for our health. I am also wanting to grow a lot more flowers this year in my front yard, to complement the herb garden I want to plant (which is an extension of the two small herb gardens ones I already have going).

space in our front yard I am hoping to repurpose for a herb and flower garden

Laura and I have been co-ordinating what seeds we are buying and then coming together to start what we want from seed at her house, then I will transfer my portion to my greenhouse once the weather warms. Laura has growing lights and a great space under her house, where we will get our seedlings going in the next couple weeks. Our last frost date is predicted to be the 8th of April this year, so we are working towards that date for our seedlings to be ready to plant.

I currently have two beehives on our property and both seem sto be surving the winter so far, we have a really cold snap coming Tuesday and Wednesday, so will close the hives up for a couple days to help them stay alive. You do not really have to

close up your hives or insulate them all winter, as the weather can vary quite a bit during the winter with many sunny days in the 50's till spring settles in properly. I am hoping to be able to add at least one more hive this spring, depending on our finances, as honey is something I would like to eventually sell as part of our homestead.

backyard with some of my beds

I am excited for this semester and all I have to learning from Laura, from miking to managing animals and raising meat chickens.