Posts written by: Melissa @ Ever Growing Farm

If we were having coffee…

If we were having coffee…

Hey! Hi! Hello there! Thank you for being here! I’m enjoying black tea with milk and honey (per usual), but we have coffee and a variety of herbal teas I can happily brew for you, if you’d prefer. What would you like? How you’ve been? Your family? Work? Done anything fun recently? If we were having coffee, I'd ask how…
April 24, 2022
2022 Potato Crop – Golden Globes

2022 Potato Crop – Golden Globes

The spuds are in! 50 pounds of Golden Globes, an alternative to Yukon Gold, went into the ground last weekend, our biggest planting yet. We ordered a bit late so didn’t have a ton of options available to us but decided that the Golden Globes (an alternative to Yukon Golds) sounded yummy and should keep well enough through the coldest…
April 13, 2022
If we were having coffee…

If we were having coffee…

Hello hello! Thank you so much for sharing space, time, and a good, hot beverage with me today! How wonderful it is to see you! I thought we might sit in the front yard and watch the baby chicks run about in the warm sunshine, what do you think? I’m enjoying black tea with milk and honey (per usual), but…
April 8, 2022
2022 Garden Prep & Planning

2022 Garden Prep & Planning

With the hope and inspiration of Spring upon us I'm determined to keep my 2022 garden prep & planning at the top of my priority list. Easy peasy, right? Eh... maybe ;-) See, if I'm being honest here (which I intend to be), the last couple of years have a bit of a blur with all of the external (and…
April 6, 2022
If we were having coffee…

If we were having coffee…

Holy wow! It's been a while, hasn't it, since we've sat together, sharing space, time, and a good, hot beverage?! How wonderful it is to see you! I'm enjoying black tea with milk and honey (per usual), but we have coffee and a variety of herbal teas I can happily brew for you, if you'd prefer. What would you like?…
April 1, 2022
Dual Purpose: Cold Storage / Grow Room

Dual Purpose: Cold Storage / Grow Room

When we first moved onto the property we are caretaking there was an old restaurant fridge (think loud, big, and heavy with sliding glass doors) in the tool shed that was used for fruit storage as the berries and orchard fruit came in during the growing season. It was in no way big enough but it worked well with the…
March 25, 2022