Tag Archive for ‘homegrown vegetables’
RAINY DAY PROJECTS
We So Cal folks aren’t used to weather. Yep, word is that we are spoiled and we haven’t a clue what to do when weather happens. But for us weather is good, weather forces us to change routines, get creative and perhaps tackle projects that have been on the “to do list” for ages.
FROM OUR GARDEN
… to our table Don’t you just love the feeling when you get when you harvest root vegetables. It’s a magical surprise everytime since what lies underneath is hidden till you pull!. When it comes to harvesting, I really like our wire veggie baskets – especially when it comes to harvesting root crops. I am able to [...]
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP
Note this is not a photo accident. We had the 007 Soup for three meals in a row! Sprouting seeds in our handy Food PANtrie Last week we enjoyed fresh homegrown broccoli. Since we strive to eat low on the food chain with homegrown vegetables as our main food source this recent article shows that [...]
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP
With little or no surplus for our clients, we’ve been concentrating on just feeding ourselves and cutting back on unnecessary store bought food items. We’ve cut out buying raw or organic milk (operation goat milk in the works, but that’s for another post) instead buying organic milk powder. We don’t use much (‘cept for baking) [...]
ON THE ‘STEAD
Clay pot irrigation tomato bed. Cassidy, our cat, sleeps among the rows of tomatoes Plants are heavy with sun ripen tomatoes. No salmonella worries on our farm! Summer blooms. It’s a jungle out there. Lady bug earth oven nestles amongst the garden greenery Backyard garden growing up! The garden giants take over! The four corners [...]
HOMEGROWN TATERS
Justin harvested some (8lbs) potatoes today. My mouth is watering just thinking of the potatoes slightly steamed with lemon butter and chives – oh boy! The meals this week are going to reflect this recent harvest blessings. This year we grew the taters from organic spuds brought at a local organic market. Justin cut (in [...]
GROWING NATURAL
Deep green rich in chlorophyll, unblached celery Awaken Your Tastebuds Picking some celery the other day, I realize that the majority of Americans don’t actually eat celery in its natural state. All the celery sold at the market are blanched (their stalks hidden away from the sunlight that provides the plant with chlorophyll ) Here [...]
MORE PEAS PLEASE!
Look at these green beauties! Homegrown peas and pasta…. yum! Peas and peapods. With all these peapods should I try making Tom Good’s infamous “peapod burgundy” wine–which packs quite a punch! There’s me picking peas again in my farm girl overalls…. and no, these overalls haven’t been washed since they debuted here a little over [...]
