On the Homestead: Farm

It’s not always glamorous or clean, but at least life on the farm is entertaining, beautiful, and oh-so-delicious. Follow along with recipes, dreams and confessions, and garden growing here.

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Cottage Gardening on a Budget

Cottage gardening on a budget – yes, it can be done! With a little creativity (and a lot of patience), it’s possible to source new plants from all around your…

What to eat at the end of winter.

Just because it’s the end of a long winter doesn’t mean the eating needs to be bad… here’s what we’re filling our plates with this season! Make sure to follow…

Garden Journal (February, 2020)

I’m a horrible garden journaler (spell check is telling me that jouranler is not a word, but it should be). Last year, I made a whopping three journal entries in…

Reflection has always been one of my strengths. Pondering, thinking, overthinking perhaps. As Mayor Bloomberg’s quote on farmers continues to swirl around with Eisenhower’s quote on farmers, now more than…

English Roses you should grow in your garden.

You should know right away that this is not an unbiased post on what english roses you should grow in your garden. In my ten years spent as a florist,…

Complete List of Vegetable Varieties I’m Growing / 2020.

Warning: this is the complete list of vegetable varieties I’m growing this year! This does not include flower varieties. That’s another post for another day. (Probably tomorrow because I’m so…

Eating in Winter from the Root Cellar.

This video, we’re showing you how we’re eating in winter, a very seasonal way of eating, from the root cellar storage that we keep under our kitchen. It’s also the…

Creating a beautiful greenhouse.

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Thriving in Winter.

Winter and I typically aren’t the best of friends. Thriving in winter? Not a chance. Perhaps it all started when we moved to the cottage three years ago. The day…

Becoming A Morning Person.

I like quiet time. That’s the reason I’m a morning person. Unlike children who writhe and weep over forced rest time away from others, I relish in it. In fact,…

Life with ducklings.

A flock of little ducklings has taken up residence in my greenhouse. You think I’d be angry? You’d think I’d mind the noise and the mess? Turns out, life with…

French Lavender Love.

Around the farm, summer smells like soft peaches, freshly sliced tomatoes, and bundles of french lavender. Come along for the harvest, won’t you? There’s a sweet treat if you make…

On the Homestead: Farm

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