They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
Time to go visit our Turkey Birds! They are very majestic and noisy, well worth visiting. Repairing our outdoor Advent Wreath! You might think we would be tired of apples by now, but... Not when they are dried apples! Everyone loves dried apples. We could preserve a barrel full this way, and it still wouldn't… Continue reading Odds and Ends
Saturday, after the Ciderfest, I took a walk out to the garden to check on the winter squash. It has been cold and rainy for several weeks and we want to make sure we are salvaging the squash before it starts to go bad. The Georgia candy roasters are the most susceptible of the winter… Continue reading Preserving Squash
Well, folks, our second annual Ciderfest was a great success. And now that we have done a second one, I think we can actually call it annual. It takes two data to create a vector, don't you know? "Here you go, Daddy!" Dixie cups for tasting the fresh squeeze. Let me tell you, there is… Continue reading Ciderfest 2024
Mommy canned cannellini beans, 18 1/2 pints today.  Ellie counted out 50 beans for seed for next year. This left us with 4Lbs of dry beans. Mommy pressure canned them. Enough for soup for several months.
Last fall when the tomatoes were coming in like it was their job, we didn’t have time to sauce them, so we put them all in the freezer. Purists will no doubt shudder to their very marrows at the thought, but hey, we do what we can. The problem is that it is another example… Continue reading A very saucy post
We have harvested the beets, pretty tiny haul compared to last year, but we have a backup plan. Buckwheat is taking over. It is tall and falling over into the pathways. I think this winter we are going to add t-posts every 10 feet or so along the rows so we can run twine when… Continue reading Beets in the Freezer
Harvest time is always busy on the farm. Plants mature, fruit and veggies are ready when they are reay with little to no concern for what we have going on in our non-gardening lives. Tuesday was a good example of that. Beans and blackberries are both coming in hardcore, but this is also the weekend… Continue reading Busy nights
It's that time of the year! Beans are coming in. We had our first picking on Tuesday. Nasturtiums, and a hummingbird. Six quarts, first haul of the year. (The purple ones turn green when they get pressure canned.)
Others… Not so much. At 96° today at the farm, pretty warm for this neck of the woods. Daddy insists that it is not that hot, compared to other places he has lived and worked, but for those unaccustomed, it’s pretty doggone warm. That’s why we got to the farm bright and early this morning,… Continue reading Some like it hot
Little Farm in the Big City 