Posted in locavore, gardens, family, eat local on Jul 5th, 2008
We had a great Fourth of July here with 30+ friends and family joining us to celebrate. The sprucing up wasn’t all done, but in the end it didn’t matter, we had a great day anyway.
We got up early yesterday morning and hit Willow & Jim’s Country Cafe for the firefighter benefit breakfast. On the […]
Posted in farm, growing challenge, gardens on Jun 30th, 2008
I thought maybe it was time for another full garden review since it’s been a full month since the last one. Things are going strong and seem to be weathering the heat just fine. Which is nice to see and means that I’ve been getting the watering right. I’ve been trying to water deeply and […]
Posted in farm, one local summer, locavore, gardens, eat local on Jun 29th, 2008
It actually went even hotter at one point today, up to about 93, but I didn’t have time to take a photo at that point. I’m not a hot weather girl, but somehow it didn’t bother me as much as usual - it was hot yes, but not “oh my god I’m melting hot”.
Maybe it’s […]
It’s not so hot right now that I think it justifies whining. Not nearly as bad as it is down in Portland or other places. But still, warmer than I like it to be. I’d planned to post some garden photos tonight, but never found time to take any today.
Suffice it to say, the sun […]
Posted in chickens, personal, one local summer, locavore, gardens on Jun 26th, 2008
Tonight we ate the rockstar. It went from the garden to the steamer to our plates to our mouths in less than an hour. And we agreed that it was pretty much the best broccoli we’d ever had.
Luckily the rock star has groupies (side shoots) that we should be able to enjoy on Sunday night […]
Posted in Local Foodshed, locavore, gardens, eat local, daily photo on Jun 23rd, 2008
The first couple of strawberries in the new patch have come and gone (into my mouth that is). We probably should have pinched off the blossoms this year, but I just didn’t have the heart with the rest of the garden so far behind.
It turns out that we’ve got salmon berries out back mixed in […]
Posted in gardens on Jun 21st, 2008
This head of broccoli is the rock star of the garden right now. It’s the furthest along of the seven biggest plants - the rest have heads smaller than a quarter. I’m getting very impatient to harvest it, but I know that the longer we wait the bigger it will get…
