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Today’s Project: Pumpkin Pollination

Robin Roberts August 6, 2025 No Comments

Todays Project: Pumpkin Pollination How to Hand-Pollinate Pumpkins (or Other Squash Plants!) In this video, I show you a simple and effective method for hand-pollinating female flowers using pollen from…

First Ride | 1984 Chevy Silverado

Robin Roberts August 6, 2025 No Comments

We have added a new truck to our Ranch. We picked up this sweet barn find while working in New Mexico.

Dano Turning Scrap Wood into Garden Protection

Robin Roberts July 23, 2025 No Comments

Dano is Turning Scrap Wood into Garden Protection | Predator Proofing with Purpose Today at the JDK Ranchette, we’re tackling a long-standing goal—reducing our massive scrap wood pile! The video…

Garden Window Box-Bolting Cilantro re-cap

Robin Roberts July 23, 2025 No Comments

Re-cap on the previous seed saving discussion and Dano’s in the shot (he makes me smile)! Letting Cilantro Bolt | Seed Saving & Pollinator Benefits in the Greenhouse | JDK…

Letting Cilantro Bolt | Seed Saving

Robin Roberts July 23, 2025 No Comments

Letting Cilantro Bolt | Seed Saving & Pollinator Benefits in the Greenhouse | JDK Ranchette In this short and sweet 90-second video, I take you inside our off-grid greenhouse to…

Morning Coffee with the Hummingbirds

Robin Roberts July 23, 2025 No Comments

Morning Coffee Observation-Love the hummingbirds Just a video showing how amazing it is to have hummingbirds all around the property. We have feeders in the front and back of the…

Ranch Life – Teamwork #offgridhomestead #ranchlife #greenhouses #azlife #medicinalgarden #equipment

Robin Roberts July 15, 2025 No Comments

Life on the Ranch – Teamwork, Projects & Homestead Dreams Another productive day here at JDK Ranchette! There’s always something happening, and everyone is pitching in to keep our homestead…

Crazy fuzzy crawler-What is it? #whatisit #offgridhomestead #ranchlife #azlife #bugslife #happiness

Robin Roberts July 15, 2025 No Comments

Dano spotted this fuzzy little crawler yesterday running across the property. it was about the size of a pencil eraser, two body parts (i think), fuzzy white with a blue…

Dry Monsoon at the ranch July 3, 2025 #monsoon #offgridhomestead #azlife #windyweather #ranchlife

Robin Roberts July 15, 2025 No Comments

Just as we finished planting the first round of herbs in our new medicinal garden, Dan and I were taking a well-earned break, sitting on the fence and admiring our…

Today is about making mulch! #offgridhomestead #azlife #ranchlife #sustainableliving #permaculture

Robin Roberts July 15, 2025 No Comments

Turning Juniper into Mulch | Work Hard / Play Hard with Bear Swipe Excavating Today’s project is all about putting in the work to care for our land—and having some…

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