A new greenhouse!
We brought in a new greenhouse over a year ago. It’s taken us this long to get it pieced together and finished for growing. I don’t really know how to…
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.
We brought in a new greenhouse over a year ago. It’s taken us this long to get it pieced together and finished for growing. I don’t really know how to…
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 MoreI’d like to think that this homemade manure and comfrey tea makes Monty Don and Tasha Tudor proud. It’s a marriage of both of their methods and gardens and I…
Read MoreI was blessed to pull a huge lavender harvest from our lavender bushes this year. Lavender tends to be a short lived perennial so my five year old bushes are…
Read MoreCome take a romantic stroll with the cottage gardens with me… and thanks to Stuart for spending many hours putting in the plant labels so that everyone can know what…
Read MoreHere’s the work we put in to keep the gardens beautiful! To order some beautiful bare roots or bulbs from Brecks, visit: https://bit.ly/3nyYJjP and use the coupon code ELLIOTT30 for…
Read MoreTurns out, the new gigantic no dig garden is taking me forever to finish. Maybe I’ll be finished by next winter? Talk about back breaking work. In this week’s video,…
Read MoreThe brand-spanking new gigantic no dig garden is in! We are putting no dig gardening to the ultimate test and utilizing just two things – cardboard and compost – to…
Read MoreWe’ve made some serious progress in the greenhouse! Not only did we finally get the flooring in, but we’ve been using that seed-starting method I shared with you right here…
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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