by katie | Mar 26, 2011 | Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Uncategorized
I believe in following your inner voice. It works well for me in the garden as well as in life. If you listen , stay alert, the garden ” tells ” you things it wants. I use it a lot for crop rotation waiting until the area “tells ” me what it...
by katie | Mar 18, 2011 | Annuals, Farming, Fine Gardening, Flower growing, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Perennials, Self sustainability, Trees, Vegetable Gardening
One of the things I’ve learned along the way, was to look back periodically at what we’ve accomplished . This helps when facing overwhelming tasks, a list of chores and new projects that never quits. Developing bare land is like that, just never ending. 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 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...
