urban farming/homesteading | Ever Growing Farm

Almost a Strawberry!

Oh man...I'm counting down the days until these beauties will be ready! Our little strawberry patch is so happy this year...I'm hoping for a great harvest :-)What's your favorite thing to make with fresh strawberries?

Good News/Bad News

The good news is, we have cherries that are ripening up!The bad news is, we have a million aphids on our cherry tree!The good news is, we also have some Ladybugs on our cherry tree!Let's hope they're hungrier and faster than the aphids...

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!Well, I finally surrendered to the removal of all our over-wintered greens in an effort to (hopefully) fully thwart the leaf miners that refuse to give up their happy homes. I pulled what remained of the spinach and chard and left the only beet and kale plants that have gone to seed, removing instead, all of the affected…

Planning Ahead

I know I've mentioned before that Tool Lady and I work for the same non-profit and that I manage the after school and summer camp program for girls age 5-15...but what I don't think I've mentioned is how much time and energy it takes to keep things going intentionally and effectively. I've been working there for eight years now and…

Broody Blondie

Well, after last weekends post about our broody hen we decided to put Blondie in solitary confinement for a couple of days. We decided to use our brooder (Version #2) and put it in the garage where the temperature this time of year is still pretty cool. (We've had a couple of laughs about using the brooder for the broody hen!) She went…

Bread Braiding

I tried my first braided (circle) bread a couple of weeks ago and, as simple as it looked, I really struggled with it at first! So, while baking some more bread last weekend I decided that maybe a photo tutorial might help someone else who has either thought about braiding their bread in this way (but might be intimidated) or…

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