• Grow - Harvest

    Greens & Things

    As you may know about me by now, I always have such great intentions about growing a magnificent fall garden that will (naturally) evolve into a productive winter garden which will set us up for an incredibly bountiful spring… And then I become exhausted by summer’s hectic schedule and distracted…

  • Harvest

    Harvest Monday

    Happy Monday, everyone! Looking back on last years June harvests, I’m feeling more than a little behind.  I am , however, trying to keep in mind that weather is a mysterious thing. Last year we had a mild winter and a very warm spring which led to early germination, happy…

  • Grow - Harvest

    Harvest Monday

    Happy Monday, everyone! After what has felt like the longest, driest of spells possible, we are back in the business of harvesting from our small plot!  I am so happy to report that last weekend brought us a nice little bundle of delicious, tart, completely perfect rhubarb that went straight…

  • Chickens - Grow - Harvest

    Harvest Monday

    Happy Monday everyone! Last fall, we decided to let our two raised beds/hoop houses in the front yard rest for the season. We had planted them out continuously for two straight years and decided it might be best to give them the winter to just be. Instead, we planted out…

  • Eat - Grow - Harvest

    Harvest Monday

    Happy Monday, everyone! It’s been a while since I have written a Harvest Monday post simply because there hasn’t been much to report besides eggs, eggs and more eggs. Really though, honestly, I am incredibly grateful for all of our eggs!  The color, the taste, the ability to harvest them…

  • Harvest

    Harvest Monday

    Happy Monday, everyone! Welp, it’s that time of year again…warm days and chilly evenings followed by snow on the ground and the reminder that it really is still winter, despite the Spring Fever that keeps tempting me to put some seeds in the ground on the sunny days.  Soon enough,…

  • Everything Else

    Cold Days & Long Nights – 2013 Plans

    While the days are slowly getting longer, the suns rays gracing us for just a few short extra minutes each day, we are still… obviously…smack dab in the middle of winter and all of the cold she brings with her.  Nothing is growing outside except a few (mostly) dormant greens…