This week I, again, didn’t get into the hoop houses. It snowed all day Saturday and Sunday it just wasn’t warm enough for me to feel comfortable opening them up and letting all the heat out. So, this weeks harvests are only from under the grow lights (thank goodness for…
Happy Monday, everyone!!! Well, this week the weather has been all over the place! Warm and sunny mixed with cold and windy. We even got a couple of dustings of snow. Weird, weird winter. The warmth and longer days have really affected our hoop houses and everything is looking even…
Happy Monday everyone! This week I’ll be posting two weeks worth of harvests since I didn’t make it into this space last week. Even still, trust me, there’s not a lot to post about 😉 Just a few greens, some spinach and a few carrots (yep, again) to report this…
Happy Monday everyone! Alright, so I finally got into the hoop houses again on Saturday. The sun was shining beautifully and it was quite warm outside…scary warm for February, actually. I checked everything out, watered the fruit trees and just enjoyed the sun on my back for a bit. I…
So, last week our chickens decided to lay their eggs not in their cozy nesting boxes, but in the back corner of their coop, right under their roost. The problem with this? Well, it is the only part of the coop that is not easily accessible to us without a…
A couple of days ago, Tool Lady heard about Pickled Red Beet Eggs from a volunteer at work. He stated that they were one of his favorites, and since he’s been such an awesome volunteer, we decided we should try to make some for him. After several Google searches we…
Happy Monday everyone! I’ve been checking on (and watering) our hoop houses/wagons about once a week. Their growth is slow and not very exciting, so I don’t usually bother during the week, just on the weekends. The short days are also a factor and I don’t ever want to let…
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day everyone! This weeks harvest includes more greens from under our grow lights, a bit of spinach from our hoop houses/wagons and a little extra bonus! Yep…you guessed it…our chickens have begun laying eggs again. I mean, really laying eggs…not the whole one every few…