Gardening, Cooking & DIY Living
October is almost upon us and that means everything is coming up pumpkins. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin rolls, pumpkin latte, etc… It is really simple and easy to make your own pumpkin puree, but sometimes ‘Life’ happens. This week I agreed
One of the most important chores we perform every year in the garden actually has little to do with physical labor – but everything to do with making it more successful next year. Each season, in mid-September, we take a little time
We couldn’t have asked for more perfect weather this week – the high temperatures are in the mid 70’s and the nights cool down to the low 50’s. Our windows are open and you can feel the Autumn breeze throughout
Every single year – without fail – there is one variety of plant in our garden and landscape that outshines all of the others – our ornamental peppers! Growing Ornamental Peppers We now grow and save seeds from over 15 varieties
When people ask us about the key to our garden’s fertility – it doesn’t take long before the subject of using cover crops come up in the conversation! Along with utilizing compost, the planting of our fall cover crops is one
One of our favorite times of the year is upon us, Apple Season, and that means its time to make homemade apple juice! We are fortunate to live in an area that transitions us from a hot and steamy Summer
Top 10 Canning Recipes On The Blog : As we do every year about this time – we look back over the last year and find our top 10 most viewed recipes of the year and share them with our
Special thanks to the Licking County Library and Rhonda Adams for asking us to speak about Old World Garden Farms this Saturday at the Licking County Library at 1:30 pm. We will be sharing our experiences of building our self-sustaining farm
As the summer garden season progresses into late August each year, we always find ourselves searching for ways to preserve the hundreds of peppers that seem to ripen all at once. A few years back, we began to use the excess of