This spring while flipping through the garden catalogs, I came across pink dandelions. Yes, pink!! I wanted to order them so bad! Of course Brian told me he would have to bury me in the back yard if I did that so I restrained myself. Seriously though, so cute! Over the last few years, dandelions …
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Bourbon and Chocolate. Not what you think!
This year is the first year I have turkeys of my own to hatch. We have a small flock of Red Bourbon turkeys and a small flock of Chocolate turkeys. After reading Barbara Kingsolver’s book, Animal Vegetable Miracle, I was on a mission to raise my own Red Bourbon turkeys. Red Bourbon’s are a heritage …
LOOP
In the winter, when we are burried in snow and our garden dreams seem so far away….. We picked up a LOOP load this week. This is such a great program and we are proud to be a part of it. Our small farm cannot always handle a large pick up, so it is perfect …
Tomato Talk!
Many of you may not know that by trade I am a Holistic Nutritional Consultant. In our nutrition course we read a book called The End of Food by Thomas F. Pawlick. That book literally changed my life. It got me thinking about a lot of foods and growing foods in a completely new way. …
“THE LIST”
Hello Fellow Garden Planners! As promised in my last post, I said I would share a list of the seeds I will be planting and why we chose those particular seeds. I have to WARN you… this list is HUGE!! I have decided to leave tomatoes for a post of their own. We grow over …
The Garden Catalog
When I was a young girl, and even not a young girl, I would anticipate the end of August and the release of the Sears Christmas catalog. For months I would pour over the pages and make lists, and plans and even back up plans! As I got older, the season has shifted to November, …