by katie | May 10, 2011 | Baking, Cooking, Farming, Flower growing, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Trees, Vegetable Gardening
As this year shapes up for us, we are finding ourselves working hard to finish infrastructure development and to do it with a cash flow problem. TRADE has become our middle name, maybe our surname . We are trading for carpentry help to install our outdoor kitchen. So...
by katie | Mar 17, 2011 | Cooking, Farming, Fine Gardening, Flower growing, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Shrubs, Vegetable Gardening
Here in California where it’s green on all the mountains, daffodils are blooming and so are early shrubs; Daphne, sarcocca, fruiting trees, forget-me-not’s. It’s starting to be time to project what the summer garden will look like. It doesn’t...
by katie | Mar 8, 2011 | Baking, Cooking, Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
The wonderful chickens are laying their hearts out and we are getting way too many eggs! How to really eat ” In Season” is to eat what we have right ? So some egg recipes follow, because you have to be creative. Any ideas out there ? We also market some of...
by katie | Mar 2, 2011 | Baking, Cooking, Farming, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability
Yesterday I dug through last Fall’s potato bed . We’ve gone through it a few times already for the last of the potatoes, think I’ve gotten them all now. I found some nice red potatoes and decided to replant them . We haven’t had enough red...
by katie | Feb 2, 2011 | Baking, Cooking, Farming, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability
Febuary 12th 12:00 the oven should be about 500-600 degrees. Perfect for bread baking and roast meats, Pizza. Let me know if you want to be in on making bread the day before and early am the morning of the bake. The oven is very well insulated and stays hot for days....
by katie | Jan 30, 2011 | Cooking, Farming, Fine Gardening, Flower growing, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Perennials, Pruning, Self sustainability, Shrubs, Trees, Vegetable Gardening
Well I went with more friends to the second lesson on biodynamic orchard practices and pruning. This day started at The Apple Farm http://www.philoapplefarm.com/ with Tim Bates telling us about the most beautiful compost and how the innoculents work. Luke Frey...
