What's Going on at the Farm?
We have lots going on around the farm. The flood put a damper on our progress and we have been having to deal with cleaning up piles and piles of … Continue Reading →
Category: Gardening
A Favorite Southern Vegetable, Okra
We grew up on okra. For a long time, I actually didn’t know that there were people in the world who didn’t eat okra, much less there were those to … Continue Reading →
Sweet Peas in the Garden
We’ve never had any success with growing peas in our garden, but this year, we actually have a row of peas growing in our garden and producing sweet peas! We planted the … Continue Reading →
Weed Woes in the Garden
With the warm weather that has arrived and with the great rains we have had, our little farm is bursting forth with all sorts of greenery……which also includes lots of weeds and … Continue Reading →
What's in the garden?
For several weeks, we’ve been eating lettuce and Bok Choi or Pak Choi Chinese cabbage out of our garden. It has been very nice to not have to buy lettuce and cabbage at the grocery store and … Continue Reading →
Cheap Heirloom Seeds at $.20 cents a package!!!
I wanted to let you all know about the cheap $.20 cent seeds I found. Inexpensive garden seeds are available at the Dollar Store and Walmart. I found a large variety … Continue Reading →
Planting Peas and Spreading Compost
We are trying our hand at growing peas this year. We planted Little Marvel peas from the cheap .20 cent seed packages I bought. We’ll see how they do! The Little Marvel pea … Continue Reading →
Lettuce Growing in the Garden on the First Day of Spring!
Our little 4 year old announced yesterday, “Our whole entire family forgot what warm weather feels like!” as we enjoyed spending some time outside in the early spring like weather. … Continue Reading →
Organic Gardening with the Ruth Stout Hay Mulch Method
I ran across Ruth Stout last year when a friend of mine (Thanks, Sherry) apologizing gave me a video about Ruth Stout. I say apologizing because Ruth Stout was a … Continue Reading →
Seeing Spring Around the Corner
We are starting to see spring around the corner. Sure, it’s 30 degrees outside now….but the sun was out today and it warmed up enough to send the kids outside … Continue Reading →