Happy Monday everyone! The harvests are slow and low these days, but they’re still coming in! I’ve only been opening up our Wagons about once a week to check on them and water them, but they’re looking good! I need to figure out how to successfully succession sow my veggies, since these almost-dry spells are torturous, but I’ll get it…
Why the heck are my chickens losing all their feathers and not producing eggs!?!? Are they sick? Pissed? Dying? Hungry? Revolting against the colder temperatures? WTF?! Wait, they’re what? Molting? What the heck is molting and why is it happening while I’m tracking egg production vs. the cost of their feed? After a little research (the internet is truly an…
A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. {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…
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…
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 pound Tomatoes…
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…
