Fresh Tomato Soup
I have been busily canning stewed tomatoes, marinara sauce and ketchup, but still the harvest basket fills with tomatoes. Roasting […]
September Harvest
It’s still summertime on our homestead in September. Let’s take a little walk through the garden together. The harvest basket
Front Yard – Summer Update
The bright greens and purples of our lush front garden in springtime has faded to the yellow and tans of
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design, garden
What? It’s the End of July??
How did it become the end of July? I feel like this summer is slipping by so quickly this year.
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garden
Apricot-Rosemary Preserves
Our Puget Gold apricot tree has been prolific this year! This variety of apricot was developed in Washington and is
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canning, cooking, food preservation, harvest, recipes, trees
How to Install Drip Irrigation
It takes some serious juggling to balance modern living with growing a substantial amount of your own food at home.
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design, drip irrigation, garden
How to Plant Tomatoes
It is time to get those tomatoes in the ground! I pulled out almost everything in my late spring bed
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tomatoes, vegetables
Three Bin Compost System
That brown stuff my veggies are planted in isn’t “dirt” – it’s “soil”, a substance teeming with life from the
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compost, soil health
From Spring to Summer
I can’t tell you how many people I have heard gushing about the amazingly sunny spring we are enjoying in
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garden, vegetables
Front Yard – Spring Update
Remember back in the fall when I was busy cutting and dividing perennials for the front garden? The new little
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design, garden