Seed Saving

Seed Saving

Can you believe it?  Yep, I'm still saving seeds!  This batch, added to the last batch, gives me a total of 22 different seeds saved so far this year!From Organic veggies planted and harvested from our yard we have butternut squash (grown form seeds grown in 2010, grown from seeds in 2009!!!), sweet red cherry tomatoes, green bell peppers and…
November 10, 2011
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!This week brought us our very first broccoli ever, what is possibly the very last of the tomatoes, a few shallots and a little bit of kale.  The winter veggies are starting to look good in the wagons, though it'll be a while until we're harvesting big quantities :-)This weeks totals:Broccoli = 1 poundTomatoes = 3 ouncesKale =…
November 7, 2011
Harvesting Broccoli

Harvesting Broccoli

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, as part of the 2011 Growing Challenge, we are growing broccoli for the first time ever.  Guess what?  It worked!  Today I got to harvest our very first broccoli from the garden!  I've learned that, to ensure that you're broccoli is ready for harvest, you need to look at at few things:  Is the head…
November 7, 2011
Today…

Today…

I woke up this morning feeling a bit like death warmed over.  Unfortunately, the feeling hasn't much subsided.  However, as I lay in bed this morning, waiting to feel well enough to crawl out of bed and try to be productive, I got to thinking about how grateful I am for a variety of things. ~ A warm home on…
November 6, 2011
Small Steps Will Still Get You Where You’re Going

Small Steps Will Still Get You Where You’re Going

The world population jumping over the 7 billion mark has had me thinking a bit about my place in the grand scheme of things.  So, after reading a few articles (here and here and here) and playing with a couple of gadgets (here and here) I decided to re-watch this video:I first saw this video about a week or so ago…
November 1, 2011
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!Not much to report this week...I almost didn't post...but then decided that any harvest is better than no harvest at all!  So...yay for 4 pounds!!!  I'm still hoping to make the 200 pound mark before the end of this year. Fingers crossed!!!All of this weeks tomatoes were turned into tomato sauce to go on our ravioli.  They're ripening very…
October 31, 2011