urban farming/homesteading

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Apricot Bounty

Apricot Bounty

What a difference a week makes, ha?  It amazes me how quickly fruit grows when left to its own devices!Last weekend, after harvesting small amounts of apricots for over a week, I finally had enough to make my very first apricot jam!  While I was at it, I made a few jars of Honey Apricots as well (both recipes were…
July 4, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!Things are, happily, continuing their slow roll out of the garden and into the kitchen! The Yellow Taxi Tomatoes are slowing their production and there are only a handful of them left on the plants.  It's OK though, because there are many other varieties that will follow them shortly.  I'm thinking the Romas will own the next wave.We…
July 2, 2012
Cockle Doodle Doo…

Cockle Doodle Doo…

Our rooster has finally found his Doodle Doo...The only catch is, he sings from inside the coop between 6:00 and 6:30 every single morning now.Yep, you read that right...he doesn't leave the coop and stand in the brilliant sunshine to sing his song, he does it from the comfort of the roost inside the dark coop.  Even the Ladies are…
June 30, 2012
Morning Wanderings and Radish Seeds

Morning Wanderings and Radish Seeds

Every morning when I wake up (whether it be by the alarm or by the suns gentle rise behind the Sangres), I make myself a cup of black tea with milk & honey and take a little walk through the garden.  I check for growth and blossoms, I harvest, I listen to the soft, sleepy coos of the chickens, I…
June 28, 2012
Songs of Summer

Songs of Summer

I plant sweet corn not only because I adore the taste of it...but because I am also in love with the way the wind dances through its leaves, singing its beautiful songs of summer...
June 27, 2012