I’ve done a bit of reading about various herbs and their benefits for the chickens’ health. Turns out – tossing some rosemary or mint into the boxes now and again is a great way to keep the flock healthy, disease-free and happy. Win-win-win. Earlier this Spring, Anna planted a bunch of herbs in the garden box next to our deck. …
The Green, Green Garden
After some intense weeding over the past couple of weeks, the garden is looking great. We already have some grass and other weeds creeping into areas – but for the most part, things are as green as can be. Like green green. Super green. Everything is fresh and growing awesome. The lettuce, arugula and radishes are ready for harvest as we …
Myrtle – the Roots & Fruits & Flowers Cart
In college, I worked at one of those seriously hip stores in the mall that sells all the hottest clothes and blasts obnoxious music the entire time you shop. I loved it. So much so that a few years ago, I even got a part-time job working in a retail shop just to fold and organize and work on shop …
We Grew a Salad and Then Some
Despite a few hurdles and a slow start at getting seeds into the ground, the garden is flourishing. Tonight, a basket loaded with lettuce, arugula, nasturtium, radishes and walking onions made its way to the kitchen for dinnertime. The comfy early summer evenings on the deck have been our favorites lately. While the grill does its magic on one end …
Egyptian Walking Onions
We finally figured it out! With massive ‘thanks’ to our Veteran farmer friend Josh, we finally know what kind of onions we have growing next to the asparagus. Let’s be real, they’re delicious. Even though we didn’t know entirely what we were working with, that didn’t stop us from putting them in just about everything lately. I’ve made a bajillion …
Chicken Coop, Phase 2 – The Rooftop Strawberry Patch
First off – I have no perception that we are sane people. This chicken coop is completely out of hand. That being said, it just got more awesome. As we completed Phase 1 of building the coop, Aaron and I talked about putting a roof on the chicken run. We considered a basic tin roof. We talked about trying to continue …
Garden Planning and Planting 2020
I’ve had quite the struggle figuring out how to document what we’re doing in the garden this year. Part of the reason I started blogging about the farm is to have an ongoing record of the work we’ve done and how we did it. My hope is that we can uncover what works (and consequently, what doesn’t) so that we …
Sow Many Seeds
The existence of the greenhouse inspired some intense compulsive seed buying in the doldrums of winter. As a result, I’ve been swimming in seed packets littering every surface of the greenhouse, garage and garden shed. With seeds and transplants making their way into the ground, it feels important that I should finally document exactly what we’re planting here. Vegetables Eden …
The North Garden is Planted – Mostly
We’ve spent a lot of time covered in dirt lately. Over the weekend, Aaron’s mom Anna and Aunt Brenda popped by the house to help plant the North garden. The undertaking was a bit more than any of us fully anticipated. Removing starts from their Winstrip trays and transferring them into the ground was certainly messier than we expected. Then, …
The Potatoes Are Finally Planted
Sunday was an insanely busy day on the farm. Among the chaos of finishing the chicken coop and staking off the North garden, we also planted potatoes. The potatoes went into the southwest 100 sq. ft. of the garden. Inside of the 5′ by 20′ area we created 3 horizontal (East-West) rows. Each was allowed ample spacing. The rows are …