Recycled Celery

Recycled Celery

About a week ago I was pulling off a few stalks of store bought celery when I remembered a friend of mine saying that she had cut her celery off its base and plopped that base back into a bowl of water.  Shortly thereafter, she said it was growing new celery stalks! What?!  Celery can re-grow?  Yeah right!  Wait...that sounds…
June 9, 2012
{this moment}

{this moment}

{this moment inspired by Soule Mama} If you feel inspired to share your moment, please leave a link to your moment in the comments below for all to see.
June 8, 2012
Change Affected?

Change Affected?

Last night, while checking on Broody's food and water, we found this...Yep, that's an actual egg!  And guess what?  She wasn't laying on it!!!  She was walking around, eating, drinking and being calm!  Amazing!Do you see the egg at the bottom of the photo?And Broody at the top, having a little drink?It's probably too soon to tell if she's really…
June 7, 2012
Hops in the Garden

Hops in the Garden

A little over a month ago, we purchased a couple of hops plants from our friends at Spotty Dog Farm.  They did well under the grow lights until the weather warmed a bit, but when it came time to plant them out, the biggest one got completely fried and died back (even though I hardened it off again for quite…
June 6, 2012
Pallet Bed Planting

Pallet Bed Planting

I know, I know, I'm way behind schedule on planting out our pallet beds...but I do have a plan!  Every seed being planted into each pallet bed will be planted in seed pods, then added to the dirt in the pallets.  I have decided to do it this way so the seeds will have a bit more support and not simply…
June 5, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!I couldn't wait to announce our very first strawberries as they were harvested last week so I posted about them on Wednesday!  They were absolutely divine!!!  There haven't been many of them, but the few we have eaten have been so sweet and juicy and well worth the wait!This is the first year we've had chamomile growing growing…
June 4, 2012