Gardening, Cooking & DIY Living
It’s hard to beat a cool summer evening at the farm with a fire in the stone pit – and a big pot of garden chili cooking over the open flames. Ever since building the stone fire pit last year (See:
After successfully experimenting last year with growing some of our potatoes in a few crates – we went “all-in” this year, planting our entire crop with the crate method. Growing potatoes in the more traditional row method is not easy. You need
As we begin to wrap up the bounty of the summer garden, we decided it was the perfect time to use those delicious late summer tomatoes, potatoes and green beans to prepare a pot of Homemade Vegetable Soup. Although the
It seems hard to believe, but the end of August is fast approaching! As our Summer garden and its wonderful bounty of fresh tomatoes, peppers, zucchini and more begin to wind down – its time to think about the Fall garden. Although
What began as the tomato bucket experiment to grow a few salad tomatoes at the house turned into one of our most successful garden trials of the season! Growing anything at all at our house is a far cry more difficult from
This past weekend when I was roasting red peppers on the grill I turned around to look at our vegetable drying rack on the deck and noticed a bounty of tomatoes that were on the verge of ripening. Right then my
It never ceases to amaze me the beautiful colors that nature can paint throughout the seasons. Just a few short weeks ago, the skies were filled with shades of grey and the farm was nearly underwater with heavy doses of