Tag Archive for ‘fruit’
SUMMER’S BOUNTY
Blessings from the good earth and the fruits of our labor. It’s been a relatively cool summer so a few of our crops were taking their sweet time to ripen. Usually, we’d be up to our eyeballs in tomatoes, cucumbers …
GONE JAMMIN’
We kicked off the fruit season with a medley of jams – sweet grapefruit, strawberry rose, strawberry lemon verbena and just plain ol’ strawberry.
HARVEST UPDATE: FEBRUARY 2011
With only a few weeks left till spring, winter isn’t over with us just yet.
RAIN!
It rained over an inch this week. The garden is drinking it the much needed watering after a dry January. There’s still more rain to come. What a blessing!
SPRING?
After what appeared to be the start of a cold and wet winter, 2011 has started off pretty darn dry and warm. So warm that the peach and apple trees are blooming.
URBAN HOMESTEAD RECORD HARVEST!!!
These last few days, I too have been anxiously waiting the final harvest tally from Justin.
AROUND THE URBAN HOMESTEAD
Living in Southern California, there’s not really much down time for us homesteaders-farmers. Only one more month left in 2010 and already projects and plans are being hatched for 2011.
URBAN FARMING DILEMMAS
After 25 years of growing food here on our city plot in Pasadena, we’ve had to deal with a whole lot of yard issues. Many of you who have been following our decade old blog know that when moving here and starting our first city farm, we had to deal with lifeless soil and junk!
NAMASTE AMERICA
I can’t believe it’s already a year since our family visited India as urban homestead ambassadors. It was truly an amazing trip, made even more special by the fact that we got to stay with wonderful families. (read our India adventures)
HOMESTEAD FINANCES
You know that old saying “Self sufficient is as self sufficient does.” Ok, not really old but a new take on Gumpisms. How can we be “self sufficient” on only 1/10 of an acre (if an acre is $1.00 we are growing our groceries on 10 cents)?
