2013: Year in Review
With trepidation, I peeked back at this year’s goals — and was pleasantly surprised by how many were accomplished. Certainly not all, but it…
growing food
Start paring purple
This year marked our first attempt to grow sweet potatoes in containers on the wee homestead, an experiment to determine the smallest amount of…
Going medieval on pests
Just found our first horn worms of the year, chowing on our tomato plants. In October. This is the benefit of planting the tomatoes…
Falling for spring
Something about yesterday’s soggy, sunny-but-cool day felt like spring to me. And sure enough, when I started tromping through the side yard with a…
High and dry
Sun-dried tomatoes are my new favorite thing. The tomato seedlings got a late start, thanks to that wonderful but ill-timed trip to the Grand…
Stumped (Part 1)
My gloves were soaked and I wasn’t. At least not like I wanted to be. The sweat was pouring off of me like the…
Rootimentary, my dear Watson*
Pulled the last of the carrots this week to make room for Brussels sprouts in the raised bed. They were, by far, the big…
Gar-licked
Too much rain + partly shady garden site = sad garlic. Not a total failure, but definitely not the harvest we were hoping for….
Unreal estate
So what had happened was, the land we bought for our orchard doesn’t exist. And that’s why anyone who’s been waiting for an update…