Herb & Flower Garden
Chamomile
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Herb of the Week: Thyme
Thyme uses, tea recipe, and harvesting instructions
Patience Young Grasshopper
I am not sure if it's the rainy days or the cool Spring, but some of the summer crops are a week or so behind schedule. It's an exercise in patience waiting for those green tomatoes, melons and sweet corn to ripen up. I took a peak at some ears of corn.... nope...
Squish Squash
In the share for the 1st week of July... Carrots - the variety we grew is called Sugarsnax. These are living up to their name! Red Beets - we have two varieties planted. A traditional red and the heirloom variety chiogga has the red and white spirals.... both are...
Dodging The Rain
According to the forecast for this week, we are going to have to dodge a lot of rain to get any work done. Of course we had a very busy week of planting on the schedule too. Winter Squash, dry beans, sweet potatoes, strawberries, parsnips and a few others were all...
CSA memberships – great for gifting to someone special
Need a unique gift idea for Mom for Mother's Day or what about that sweet couple getting hitched this summer. We have many options to choose from and would be happy to discuss the best fit for you. The 4 week sampler is just $80 — that's veggies, herbs and flowers for...
Preparing For A Fall
This week we will be planting and preparing ground for a lot of our Fall crops. It might be hard to believe with the forecast in the 90's, but fall is 70 some days away. Now is the time to get that 2nd crop of broccoli, cauliflower, collards, and a host of other...
Busy As A Bee
The bees have had a tremendously successful Spring harvest this year and we were able to extract some of their extra supply. We were able to harvest honey in July for the first time since my Dad started beekeeping two years ago. Generally, bees will need to...
Thirsty For More
Things are starting to get a bit uncomfortably dry around here. We feel blessed to have received a quarter inch of rain last Thursday but that has been gulped up pretty quick by everything. We did get our 2nd rotation of sweet corn in on Friday but by today it was...