Thanks again to the Soulsby Farm for an outstanding feature about their little farm last week! This week’s “Tell Us Your Story” feature comes from the Thompson family from Coastal North Carolina. Karen and Eric share with us how they
Stuffed Cajun Belle Peppers and Bloody Mary Mix – RECIPE OF THE WEEK
As you begin to think about what you might plant in your garden this year, a must have is the Cajun Belle pepper. Don’t let the name scare you…..it is what seems to be a mix of a sweet red
Recycle, Re-use and Re-Purpose in Style!
If you really think about it – we all have a little repurpose in us. After all – didn’t we all learn the great art of repurposing from our youth? First, as children making that incredible fort from an empty
Tell Us Your Story – Meet the Soulsbys
Last Sunday, with the help of Linde and Rich from the “lost art of simple living”, we began our weekly “Tell Us Your Story” feature. Mary and I were overwhelmed by the response we received by people reading loving their
We are New Parents…well, sort of.
So we may not truly be new parents, but the anticipation and the excitement of our seeds sprouting through the wet soil have made us feel like it over the this past week. We got an early start on planting
Predator vs. Prey
So by now you know our chickens……Amelia, George, Big Momma, Sherman, etc…. Of course, every time we go out to ‘The Farm’ they look for us to let them out of the coop so they can roam the land. Now
Chicken-Jalapeno Soup “The cold buster”
This week, our recipe comes from our stash of jalapeno peppers. The jalapeno is an easy grow in the garden, and a great producer. Each of our plants yielded well over 150 peppers throughout the season last year -and
What are you building? A playhouse, doghouse…A chicken what????
So, how do you get eggs when you don’t have a rooster? Seems like a dumb question now, but a sincere question I had a few years back. Chickens were a subject that I knew very little about. The only
Canning — no, you are not going to blow up your kitchen!
In our garden, September is a busy harvesting time. We stroll out to the garden with our picking crate (made of wood from the Cardington Barn), only to find out that we have fill it up 3 or 4 times
2011 Garden Results…2000 + lbs. of produce from the garden!
The 2011 Garden Results From our little 20′ x 40′ plot – we harvested well over 2000 lbs. of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and zucchini! Not bad for our first year at the farm. Our tomatoes and peppers really took off