vegetables
Good Reading Leads to Good Eating
This is what I’m reading right now.
Winter, when even in southern Georgia, little wants to grow, brings dreams of exotic purple and polka-dotted veggies never tried before. Forget “eat your greens.” This catalog is like the Wonka Factory for veggies of all shapes and color.
Unfortunately, despite your wish, not everything will grow in your little … Continue reading
Farm update
Freezing! Temperature was 24 degrees. It actually snowed last Friday night for about 20 minutes. Everyone inside is bundled in blankets. Everyone outside is bundled in hay.
New Baby goat born on my birthday! Her name is Millie. She’s multi-colored. Photos to come, promise. She had a twin brother, but he mysteriously disappeared one night. No … Continue reading
You Can’t Keep A Good Garden Down
Despite my best efforts to ignore it, the garden just will not go away! I haven’t hoed or sown or watered in months (just don’t ask), yet still hot peppers, green & yellow bell peppers, chinese eggplant, sunflowers and even tomatoes are still popping up. Amazing.
I also have bottle gourds and one, just … Continue reading
Canning PSA
I’m currently in canning mode (pesto, pear concoctions, whatever else comes along), so I’m cleaning out the storage cupboard of last year’s leftovers…which means you should too! Although I’ve heard stories of people safely keeping and eating their home-canned goods for years, we’re all a bunch of wusses now. Just kidding, it’s better … Continue reading
Neither rain, nor wind…um, scratch that
So, it’s been a while since my last post. Reasons: I’ve been technologically repressed (my laptop was kaput, but no more) and environmentally depressed (rain, wind, more rain, more wind, tornado, rain, wind, cold snap, rain, wind, wind).
So spring sprung…hooray! Through February and March, John and I had been maniacally planting seedlings … Continue reading