Grove Life
Julianne Hemphill, Ben HemphillA newsletter to document our adventures as nature-lovers and beginning American Elderberry farmers.
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Cleaning the Enoitalia Elderberry Destemmer
This is a niche topic, even among elderberry growers. But if you’re considering an Enoitalia elderberry destemmer - or already have one and are wondering how to get into all its corners - I thought a look inside ours might be helpful.
I sh...
Grove Farm Logistics
I thought I’d use my debut post on Grove Life to explain why there are so many projects on this site.
Realizing what might be possible with our raw land has taken a lot of work just to make things accessible. It’s a constant struggle with...
Building Our Mobile Freezer Trailer, Part 4: The Blast-Freezing Experiment
If you’ve been following along, you know we built our mobile freezer trailer in a bit of a hurry.
We began elderberry harvest with large coolers and frozen gallon jugs of water. Loading and unloading everything for the daily drive to the f...
When the Bees Ignore the Plan: Wax Moths, a Tiny Colony & One Last Shot at Winter
As of last spring, I had pretty high hopes for this honey season - I had a couple seasons of bee care under my belt and felt like it was time to go for it and expand the apiary. In fall of 2025, I had combined my colonies into one so they w...
Building a DIY Mobile Blast Freezer, Part 3: Going Solar + What the Whole Project Cost
If you’re catching up on this project, read the first two parts of the series here:
By the time we got to the solar panels, our mobile elderberry freezing trailer was already working. Sort of.
If you’ve been following this series, you kno...
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Julianne Hemphill shares the journey of restoring native habitat at The Grove, her Missouri farm. She’s passionate about land stewardship, invasive plant removal, and—yes—chainsaws.
Computer Engineer by Education, Systems Engineer by Vocation, Husband and Father. I'm a DIY enthusiast, Huge Nerd, Obsessive Geek. Generally I'm interested in almost anything!
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