January King Cabbage by Rachel B. I am absolutely obsessed with the beauty of the January King. The green with the contrasting purple. The scalloped savoy leaves. This is one of our plants out in the garden. I heart it.
Our beds have always been a little wonky. We don’t have raised beds because it would be cost prohibitive to put them in. Over time they’ve slowly changed shape and narrowed. The middle ones don’t even run in a straight line anymore. Needless to say we had to do something about them. We just didn’t…
I have never made chili. Well, I take that back. I have -now-. But before last week, I had never made chili. I’d eaten a lot of chili, sure – who hasn’t? And every time I tasted a chili that I particularly liked, I’d ask the person who made it what makes their recipe special….
Sorry Mom, you’re not going to like this, but don’t worry we are totally OK and can handle it. This isn’t really a farm update, but just a home update really. Apparently our neighborhood has been deemed a richer part of town. I find that absolutely hilarious because we absolutely are not a rich part…
We have been considering teaching classes for awhile. We really enjoy having people over and teaching them about what we’re doing so why not make it a little more formal? You may remember my rant about class costs back in September so if we did offer classes they would definitely be affordable. While we had…
Pigs, originally uploaded by Olav Rokne. Pigs. We’re going to have pigs this coming Spring!!! We are truly blessed to know people that are willing to work with us. A coworker/friend of Tom’s will be keeping the pigs on his family’s property where he once raised pigs for 4-H.
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It occurred to me recently that though I am an omnivore and am very proud of my choices regarding where the meat we have in the house comes from, I very rarely post recipes that involve it. Perhaps this is because I’m a bit of a purist: most of the meat we eat is consumed…
I posted over a year ago about seed resources and the varieties we plant. Well over time things have changed. We’ve learned more about our property and weather patterns here and have been able to adjust it. Of course it will always be a moving target over time, but for now these are what we’ve…
9 January King Cabbage, originally uploaded by extra-relish. January King Cabbage, portabello mushrooms and sunchokes. This is one of the varieties of cabbage that we’re growing and it really is stunning.
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