While doing the evening chores yesterday, I was struck by the continuous balance one has to find on a farm or a homestead or even in life in general. We face the dichotomy of it all in the largest moments of life and death as well as in the seasonal balance of sowing, growing, weeding, irrigating, harvesting, and hope despite…
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We had our first real strawberry harvest late last week! After a very long day at work, when I was ready to, literally, get in bed by 7:00, Kim found them and called me outside. Is there a better way to cap off such a day than with 10 ounces of juicy, ripe, gorgeously red strawberries? It’s amazing how wonderful a…
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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 transplants and many early harvests (you can read a little…
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Happy Monday, everyone! I am incredibly happy to report that this week has brought us a variety of small and delicious harvests! But first, let’s look at how a few things are growing… The cucumbers and bush beans are doing very well! The cukes aren’t yet reaching for their support, but they do all have their true leaves. The tomatillos…
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Spring Freeze
Our cherry tree. I do believe our last round of freezingtemps killed all of this wonderful potential. Echinacea & strawberries Because of our fluctuating temps this spring, I do believe we have lost most (if not all) of the fruit on our fruit trees this year. I may be jumping the gun a bit, but it doesn’t look incredibly hopeful.…
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Harvest Monday
Happy Monday everyone! Well, the past week has been full of tomatoes! 18 to be exact! 17 of those were Yellow Taxis and 1 was a Cherokee Purple…an itty bitty Cherokee Purple. While it was quite a pain to carry all those tomato starts in and out of the house for a couple of weeks in April and May, getting…
