by Jessica | Last Updated: May 31, 2018 | Gardening
Rhubarb is one of the many exciting signs of spring, a welcome burst of color in an otherwise barren post winter landscape. Rhubarb is the first edible plant that grows on our farm. As the hardy perennial pushes its way through the soil before the forsythia blooms, my...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Canning & Pickling, Gardening, Our Kitchen, Recipes
Garlic is a must in my kitchen and in my garden. Garlic has a very long growing season, about 7 months from planting to summer harvest. That’s a very long investment for one food crop so I want to make sure that my harvest is preserved so it will last the...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Jan 26, 2019 | Gardening
 Basil makes me happy. It’s amazing how one little plant can create a giddy summertime feel in me. Basil to me, is a little bit of a hot summer day followed by drinks on the porch in the evening. Basil is present in almost every recipe I make in the summer,...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Gardening
Garlic (Allium sativum) is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world and has been highly valued throughout the ages as a culinary spice. Garlic is a hardy perennial belonging to the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae); other members of this family include...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Mar 5, 2018 | Gardening
The very first vegetable (or fruit) I grew was a cherry tomato plant, a hybrid sweet 100, that I came across while was perusing the end-of-spring garden tables at our local hardware store. I planted it against a sunny south side wall of our house in Portland, Oregon....
by Jessica | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Animals, DIY Homesteading, Gardening
This blog is our way of sharing wisdom and the things we have learned about homesteading, if I was being completely honest it should be called ‘101 Mistakes and How Not to Make Them in Homesteading’.  About 10 years ago my family and I found this...
