• Environmental Education,  Everything Else,  Grow

    Freeze Yer Buns Challenge!

    With the sun shining brightly above us and no more freezing temperatures forecast for at least the next several days, ice crystals and snow seem so very far away…but I know they’re coming (and am hopeful they’ll make for some more beautiful photos)! Well, after much family discussion, we’ve decided to jump in to Crunchy Chicken’s  Freeze Yer Buns Challenge!!!   Our goal…

  • Grow,  Harvest

    Harvest Monday

    Happy Monday everyone! This week brought us the last of the acorn and butternut squash and blue corn, many more tomatoes and lemon cucumbers and the first of the fall kale.  Oh, and I can’t forget the single, tiny jalapeno. I am trying to find my balance between my new school life and the rest of my life, so I’m…

  • Grow,  Harvest

    Harvest Monday

    Happy Monday everyone! This is try #2…something funny happened on the way to posting this today…everything I wrote turned out in weird Computer-Speak once posted!  I am hopeful this time will be better! Anyhow…I was out of town most of last week attending Orientation at Prescott College (hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s back to school I go).  Thankfully, Tool Lady did all…

  • Grow,  Harvest

    Harvest Monday

    Happy Monday everyone! First off, we’ve broken the 100 pound mark!!!  WooHoo!!! OK…now that I’ve done my Happy Dance, we can get down to business 😉 This weeks highlights include: The first butternut squash Actual Blue Corn The second wave of Roma Tomatoes The first Italian Heirloom! A mini CSA-type box of goodies for Brother The first (and possibly the…

  • Grow,  Harvest

    Harvest Monday

    Happy Labor Day everyone! This week brought us a bit of diversity in the form of the first winter squash!!!  I have been biting my nails in anticipation and just couldn’t take it any more!  There are still several ripening on their vines, but here’s the first peek!!! I also harvested the first radishes that I planted super late in…

  • Grow,  Harvest

    Garden Wrap Up

    This summer has been a whirlwind of events!  Between general life, work, the garden, the bees, the chickens, the drought and my decision to go back to school this fall, I’m exhausted.  Despite my exhaustion, I am incredibly excited about our veggies, all that has been produced and all that is still coming in the door on a daily basis!…