We block the warmth of the morning sun through Eastern windows now. The mud is drying up, leaving chicken prints on the walkways. Fresh green beans and squash made up the bulk of our noonday meal today. And so summer is beginning, the heat after the rain bringing garden growth and slower afternoons. But can…
This is the first year we’ve grown fava beans (also known as broad beans). They overwinter here in our warmer climate and we have been nothing but happy with this new addition to the homestead. We ate a lot of the fava bean leaves over the winter in salads and soups. Once spring weather came…
If you would have told me several years ago that the chicken field would become our main garden area, I probably would have laughed. The pallet garden was the first large space we planted and it was done with a boat load of wood chip mulch. While that is beginning to break down into some…
Back in the fall, after the intensity of summer, we started to work in the garden again. Generally August and September are survival months, moving through the hottest of days before we can begin thinking of fall gardening again. So once October and November rolled around we were ready to get back to it. This…
