Yesterday afternoon the sky cracked open with the most beautiful lightening show and it rained and rained (glorious rain)! This morning, with a chill in the air and the garden weighed down with moisture, the falling of a season has become very apparent. The contrasts of new and old…
So, what do you do when you come home from vacation to over 30 pounds of produce waiting for you in the garden? You figure out how to preserve it as quickly as possible and you spend the entirety of your last day of vacation putting a dent in the…
There’s so much promise in the garden right now… Lemon Cucumbers Black from Tula Tomatoes Hubbard Squash Sweet Corn Pears Apples Eggplant Peruvian Purple Peppers Hops Tomatillos Spaghetti Squash I hope you’re day (and garden) is full of promise, too 🙂
I think my heart has broken. OK, that might be a bit dramatic, but it’s almost true. Here’s the deal…I thought I planted several Butternut Squash seeds this spring, but now I am positive that I didn’t. The plantings would have given us a delicious and bountiful harvest this fall…
While there have been several great harvests coming in over the past couple of weeks, we still haven’t hit the point in the season where it is absolutely (ridiculously) overwhelming. We’ve been eating lots of fresh veggies out of the garden and trying to put up as many as possible…
Do you ever have those weeks where time just zooms by and you’re not quite sure where it went? Yep, last week felt that way for me! It was the last week of the summer camp I manage and I’m not really sure where each of the days went! There…
Never did I imagine I would enjoy canning so much! It may be hot and take a chunk out of each of my weekends, but it is so worth the time and effort! I’ve been making jam almost every chance I get and since last week brought another rhubarb…
Happy Monday, everyone!As the veggies are really starting to roll in, I keep finding myself thinking about how amazing it is to actually be able to grow our own food! Despite the sunburns and torn up hands, the long waiting periods and ridiculous weeds, every single harvest is a gift.…