I Don’t Consider Myself a Violent Person…
But I do find a great sense of satisfaction in feeding horn worms to our chickens. Especially after they've successfully destroyed several tomatoes.Stupid worms.
urban farming/homesteading
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Harvest Monday
Happy Monday everyone!Amazingly, in this time of bountiful harvests, I haven't actually been harvesting very often! Not because there wasn't anything to harvest, but because other life-happenings have been getting in the way. Nothing to worry about though, everything's fine...just very busy these days (is this becoming a theme/habit?).Remarkably, I failed to even notice last week that I had broken…
Pickled Rhubarb
After making several batches of rhubarb jam earlier this summer, I was kind of at a loss as to what else to make with our last harvest of rhubarb. So, I asked Tool Lady to find something that looked good to her and she did! Pickled rhubarb? Who knew? Well, I am very excited about this recipe! The brine tasted…
Sweet Golden Honey
Bees amaze me. Absolutely.When we checked on our bees in the spring, we were able to see that they had officially made it through the winter and were healthy. They had the same queen that they came to us with (marked with a little dot on her back and still sporting her little clipped wing) and were busy bringing home…
The Falling Season
Yesterday afternoon the sky cracked open with the most beautiful lightening show and it rained and rained (glorious rain)!This morning, with a chill in the air and the garden weighed down with moisture, the falling of a season has become very apparent. The contrasts of new and old growth are striking, but it is only a matter of time (a…
Putting a Dent in the Mountain
So, what do you do when you come home from vacation to over 30 pounds of produce waiting for you in the garden? You figure out how to preserve it as quickly as possible and you spend the entirety of your last day of vacation putting a dent in the mountain and brainstorming as many zucchini and squash recipes as…