Yes, it’s January, but already it’s time to start working on the vegetable garden here in California. I base my planting dates off of the frost dates and the moon cycles. January is the time when all the nurseries start selling bareroot shrubs and trees. Start planning now if you want to add to your…
I always use companion planting and I do all my planting based off of frost dates and moon cycles. I will be updating my schedule as the year rolls on and plan on posting a blog on companion planting separate from this quick note. Now, please take note that my timing is based off of…
I recently learned how to make flour tortillas from scratch. They are SO incredibly simple I’m amazed more people don’t make them from scratch. Honestly, it’s easier and faster to make them at home than to run to the store to buy them. And they taste SO much better. Not to mention you have better…
I’m kind of a hippy about my vegetable plantings. I always use companion planting and I do all my planting based off of frost dates and moon cycles. I will be updating my schedule as the year rolls on and plan on posting a blog on companion planting separate from this quick note. Now, please…
Even if you have just one plant, zucchini can take over. So what to do with all that squash? Well, I have a great recipe for making zucchini into bread and butter style pickles*. What you will need: 14 cups diagonally sliced zucchini 1/2 cup pickling/canning salt Cool water 6 cups white vinegar 4 cups…
Most people have been so far removed from basic living and so deeply embedded in consumerism that what we get asked all the time why we do it. What we share with them is surprising. In my humble opinion, thinking that you can just go out and buy something just because you have the money…
I must apologize. I haven’t blogged in awhile. I’ve been super busy and haven’t had time to log on and write. The garden is doing great and we’re constantly harvesting from it. It has really cut down on our grocery bill. Along with harvesting comes preserving. I’ve been making pickles about every 3 days just…
This is our fourth year growing corn. Our first year we grew the standard sweet hybrid corn. It did pretty good. The second year we decided to go with heirloom “dual purpose” corn. When young, it could be eaten right off the cob and when it was mature it was a flour corn. We ended…
I needed to make yogurt this weekend. I pulled out some clean quart jars only to find they all smelled like pickles or tomatoes. From previous experience I realized that you NEVER make yogurt in jars that were once used for canning pickles, tomatoes or any high acid food because the taste transfers to the…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
