My 5 Garden Goals For This Year
Oh hi. It’s Shaye here. Sharing with you my 5 garden goals for this year. Now that I’m not so desperate to just learn how to grow things (there were plenty of…
Read MoreIt’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.
Oh hi. It’s Shaye here. Sharing with you my 5 garden goals for this year. Now that I’m not so desperate to just learn how to grow things (there were plenty of…
Read MoreAfter a grueling 28 hours of travel back home from Sicily, some of which (I’ll be honest) I spent crying, we arrived weary and worn back on our own doorstep….
Read MoreThe harvest from the garden doesn’t always go as planned and sometimes we’re left with a small crop of odds and ends to deal with. The answer to a small…
Read MoreIt’s been 106 degrees here this week. Scratch that – today, we should hit 109. It happens, every year, and yet each year when the molten air arrives on the…
Read MoreAfter the last dishes in the sink are scrubbed and tucked away for the night, at least at this time of year, I immediately scurry outside to the gardens. In…
Read MoreRhubarb is perhaps the humblest of spring vegetables (yes, it’s a vegetable). Don’t let it’s toxic leaves and tart flavor deter you: a bit of sugar, a bit of love,…
Read MoreIt’s not glamorous – all the food left in our winter root cellar. The cabbage leaves have long gone a bit grey and moldy. The leeks are now spotted and…
Read MoreThe homesteader doesn’t always get to choose their day. A few times each week (I’m rounding, here) the farm chooses our day for us. There’s part of this uncertainty and…
Read MoreLike most of you, I look at New Years as an opportunity to reflect on what this last year has taught us here on our small farm and feel reenergized…
Read MoreEvery bit of food matters! So I couldn’t let the large bin of eggplants in my cold room go to waste. It’s time to preserve eggplant! In a new way…
Read MoreIt’s really easy to disregard the fall garden – it’s worn, tattered, and fading. BUT. It’s also amazing. In this video, I share some simple ways to love, care for,…
Read MoreIt’s time for a massive garden harvest! The first frost was very close to hitting our small little garden area which meant we had to pull everything out of the…
Read MoreAnd as experience is the best teacher, I’m here to share with you how to bake better bread at home. Save yourself years of bad loaves. My many baking flops are your gain. Here’s how to bake better bread at home.
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