I may be getting a bit ahead of myself here, but I’m longing for spring and feeling like testing a few boundaries. Since we have our grow lights in place, happily helping along our greens, some herbs and even a few bush beans, I figured it was worth a little…
Happy Monday everyone! I’ve been checking on (and watering) our hoop houses/wagons about once a week. Their growth is slow and not very exciting, so I don’t usually bother during the week, just on the weekends. The short days are also a factor and I don’t ever want to let…
One day, hopefully later this year, we will have a pantry that is stocked full with jars and jars of food that we have canned. Oh how I swoon over pictures of pantries that have already accomplished this! In the meantime, however, I am finding pride and joy in the…
When we first set up our grow lights, we planted a few flats of greens, sprouts, micro greens and wheat grass just to see what would happen. Well, it’s actually been really great! We’ve harvested enough for several meals (salads and greens for sandwiches) and have juiced wheat grass several…
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day everyone! This weeks harvest includes more greens from under our grow lights, a bit of spinach from our hoop houses/wagons and a little extra bonus! Yep…you guessed it…our chickens have begun laying eggs again. I mean, really laying eggs…not the whole one every few…
Driven by our love of spaghetti, our success with ravioli and our brand new juicer/pasta maker, we decided to make our own pasta! It’s super easy, super tasty and we know exactly what ingredients are in it. Oh, and since our juicer also makes pasta, it’s kind of like magic…