We’ve been harvesting our summer garden’s organically homegrown vegetables. Get ideas for your summer vegetable garden with lots of pictures. Hoooray! Summer is here. Yes, I know it’s not June 21. Yes, I know the Memorial Day holiday doesn’t officially signal the start of summer. Yes, I know it was 52˚ yesterday here in New…
Gardening
In this gardening series, you'll find a lot of useful information to start your own vegetable garden.
8 Life Lessons From Gardening - This is how we started with raised beds for our garden.
Our Summer Garden – Here’s an update on how our garden is going.
Sautéed Garden Kale Recipe + Our Fall Harvest Update – As fall arrives, our organic vegetable garden’s summer season is winding down. Come and see all the beautiful pictures.
Cucumber Salad And An Update On Our Summer Garden -A look back on many incidences this summer that could have possibly sabotaged our harvest: the dog ate our first kale crop, insects, extreme heat and drought, and even a rabbit. I’ve included a few of my favorite veggie recipes in this post.
Sautéed Garden Kale Recipe + Our Fall Harvest Update
Fresh garden kale sautéed with garlic and homemade chicken broth makes an easy side dish that feels comforting without a lot of effort. I’m also sharing a little garden update and what’s still growing in our organic vegetable garden as the seasons begin to change. As fall arrives this week, our organic vegetable garden’s summer…
Cucumber Salad Recipe
This cucumber salad recipe is a year-round favorite. Today, my cucumbers are fresh from the garden and super sweet. Come and see. We all need a little salad in our lives. A salad that’s easy to put together, and easy to love. This cucumber salad is just that, and it’s got all the bells and…
8 Life Lessons From Gardening
Life lessons are plentiful in gardening. We cultivate the soil, plant, water, try to prepare for problems and learn from past successes and failures. Ultimately, we cannot control the outcome. After planting our seedlings, the learning process begins. Urban homesteading This 2009 award winning video (below) revived our interest in having a vegetable garden. The…