I have a love/hate relationship with July gardening. I love that the weeds have slowed down… (Or did I finally get my mulch thick enough?) I can spend some time doing other things, focus on some home education. (Our Agrarian School Calendar has us taking time off in April & May then September & October,…
Jewelweed contains anti-itch properties that are renowned for their ability to help treat skin irritations.
All of that garden space and work to turn probably 75Â pounds of tomatoes into 5 pints of tomato sauce!! Forget it! I’m never canning traditional tomato sauce again!
Even better than a farm tour though is getting to see the in’s and out’s of farm life from several homesteads of a day in the life…
{Kitchen Garden 1st Week of June} {Kitchen Garden mid-June} {Kitchen Garden 1st Day of July} {Rain} Have I mentioned that it rained last month? Let me clarify that statement. The last week of May, I posted how frightfully dry our spring had been and our great concern that it was going to be a drought…
Whelp, our first lambing season is officially over. It has been an emotional roller coaster ride full of anticipation, anxiety, hope, sadness, and a couple surprises. I started watching for the first lamb a full month before she was even born. We turned the ram in with the ewes and saw him make advances the very…