Happy Friday everyone! This week has been super long and super exhausting. I manage an after school and summer camp for girls and this week we held our annual Spring Break Camp. While it’s been full of lots of fun and a ton of learning (we focus on hands on,…
Happy Independence Days, everyone! TGIF! I have been absolutely itching for spring this week! The weather’s been a mix of beautiful, disgustingly windy and a bit snowy. Torture, really. Next week is supposed to be in the upper 50s all week. However, we still have about a 2 months until…
Happy Independence Days, everyone! Plant something: This week I’ve begun the process of attempting to sprout my sweet potatoes in order to grow a few slips. Not sure if I’m doing it right though…I’ve read a variety of things and most seem to contradict each other…I’ve cut one sweet potato…
Happy Independence Days! Plant something (under the grow lights): 3 broccoli 24 green bunching onions Harvest something (veggies & basil from under the grow lights): 2 oz mixed lettuce 1 oz spinach a couple of basil leaves 20 eggs Preserve something: We froze a half gallon of red chile purchased…
Happy Independence Days everyone! With the weather still acting…well…not very winter-like, I spent a little time last weekend watering our fruit trees. The terrifying thing is that they’re already trying to bud out. Why is this terrifying? Well, because we still have a good three months of freezing and possible…
Happy Independence days everyone! Here are this weeks accomplishments… Plant something: 1 flat of greens (Sassy Salad, Micro Greens & Spinach) Yellow Taxi Tomatoes Cherokee Purple Tomatoes Roma Tomatoes Brandywine Tomatoes I’ve got visions of tomatoes dancing in my head… Harvest something: 1 oz mixed greens 15 eggs Preserve something: …
Here’s my very first Independence Days post! I’ve found that I’ve struggled a bit with what should actually be written here for a couple of reasons. 1) There are things we have gotten in the habit of doing and now we just do them without really thinking about it. This is a…