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 17, 2011 | Farming, Fine Gardening, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
As a girl growing up with my two brothers and my dad, I learned to tow and launch a boat before I got my license. I rode a motorcycle, four wheeled, and learned to drive out of a skid on a wet curve before I was 16. My brother was determined to raise me as a strong...
by katie | Feb 4, 2011 | Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
My youngest daughter whose four and a half, eats her veggies. Usually before anything else. We have to make her eat the other things on the plate. ” No More Salad! till you take a bite of meat” ” You can’t just eat the swiss chard ”...
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 | Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Pruning, Self sustainability, Trees, Vegetable Gardening
After coming back from Filigreen Farms I decided we needed to turn our whole upper garden into espallier fruit trees. We planned to turn it into gardens anyway but now hopefully it will be a longer lived planting and easier for us to maintain as we get older than...
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...
