Growing up, gardens were put in tilled black soil, planted in orderly rows with zinnias, marigolds, and tiger lilies planted nearby. That was about the extent of my exposure to seasonal growing. Don’t get me wrong – many of the gardens in my family were massive and produced a ton of food, but they were…
Through the winter, I order large cases of oranges from Azure Standard and recently I noticed a few spoiling in the cold room (our walk-in refrigerated room). My very pregnant daughter has been craving cold pressed orange juice, so my youngest son and I started pressing them. That juice is soooooooo good. My thoughts jumped…
Last night we had yet another windy rain storm so wild, I reached for my husband’s hand across the bed. I literally thought the window was going to blow open. Funny how that seems, when in the refreshing morning, I peeked out the window to my kitchen garden only to see my teeny tiny seedling…
We’ve had rain on rain. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining. We haven’t had the onslaught that caused damage to crops a little ways over. We can’t seem to catch much sun, but the garden is sure flourishing with all the moisture. Because I use a deep mulch/Ruth Stout method of gardening, I can…