urban farming/homesteading | Ever Growing Farm

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!Well, as I mentioned yesterday, the cold is toying with us! We were forecasted to hit freezing temps last weekend, but alas, nothing happened. I'm guessing this will be our last large harvest before bringing in all the green tomatoes in the next week or so and the potatoes that we're hoping have matured under cover, but I…

Mystery Melon

Last year, as part of our CSA share, we received a delicious Mystery Melon. First, it looked like a Cantaloupe on the outside, but the flesh inside was green. Second, the taste fell somewhere between Honey Dew and Cantaloupe. Very interesting and incredibly delicious.So I saved some seeds.Fast forward to this June. In one of my front yard beds there…

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!According to the Farmer's Almanac, we are in for a cold, wet winter! I'll take the snow, but am hopeful the cold part is a normal cold and not a frigid one! We are planning two hoop houses in the backyard this year in which to over winter a few crops. In addition to plastic sheeting and water bottles…

Apple Season

Apple season is officially upon us and, I have to say, I am so incredibly excited about it!Since we've processed all 150 pounds of gifted apples, it's finally time to start harvesting the apples from our own tiny trees!Now, we put in our apple trees just a few years ago and this is the first year we've really seen them…

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!The past week has brought us all kinds of weather...clear and cold, cloudy and rainy, clear and warm...short sleeve days followed by two layers of long sleeves and then short sleeves again. Welcome to fall in Santa Fe! The garden and chickens don't like it very much, but I'm used to it :-)The beans are almost completely dead,…

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!!!I didn't take many pictures this week (I was too busy taking pictures of our guests and the shenanigans that occurred with said guests ;-) ). Luckily, the lack of pictures is not representative of what's actually coming in from the garden!While the tomato tally is lower this week than the past several, we are again harvesting Cherokee Purples and…

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