I am the first to admit that I love free food. It’s one of the chief reasons that I garden – I can make a salad with no exchange of money. What’s even better than paying for garden seeds is getting these for free too. Most of us toss viable plant starts into the...
Read more →Ingredients and Inspiration Obligations: It’s going to feel like a bajillion degrees outside this week Lots of fresh broccoli, corn, zucchini in the fridge Green beans, kale, herbs available in the garden I teach Tuesday and Wednesday nights and volunteer at OSU most of the day Thursday – Saturday with the Labo/Ohio 4-H exchange...
Read more →This week has been the essence of spring. Ohio has felt downpours of rain, blustery days so chilly Alex lit the wood stove, and sunshine that made me weak in the knees. Best of all, it is the growing season! In the spirit of Friday Five, here are spring scenes from the homestead this...
Read more →A recent post of mine is eligible to win a ticket to a blog conference in Asheville North Carolina. Will you do me a favor and vote for me, @racheltayse? Thanks!! Back in the spring we dedicated one raised bed to Lillian for her own garden. She loved the idea and made an adorable...
Read more →It is afternoon, a time when summer boredom hits hardest. Lil is whiny and wants nothing to do with any of the ideas I suggest. That is, until I start working on dinner and ask if she would like to make a salad. She runs to her garden and picks what is ripe and...
Read more →We’re harvesting beans, baskets of beautiful yellow and purple striped beans. These heirloom dragon tongue beans are a bush bean, meaning they do not need to be trellised. They grow down towards the soil hiding under wide umbrella leaves. The beans can be cooked fresh. Sadly they lose their beautiful coloration, cooking to a...
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