April 2023
The wonderful thing about living on a farm is discovering all of the native plants that grow without being coaxed. Just by exploring our property, I came across this plantain plant, which is highly accessible even in very poor soil (think GRAVEL) and has abundant healing properties and medicinal uses! Next time I get stung by a bee, I’m chewing…
I checked on the mango seeds this weekend and was surprised to see that they had sprouted. I removed them from their wet paper towel cave and gave them their own containers. Here’s hoping they’ll thrive as the days warm up, and I’ll soon have two little mango trees to boast about!
On Sunday morning, J made us a scramble and I topped mine with cress microgreens, which made for a spicy and delicious breakfast. It’s not easy to find a ton of ways to integrate greens into breakfast, but microgreens have given me tiny harvest dopamine and lots of ways to spice up every meal. Now that I’m regularly growing my…
I went a little overboard this year, friends. I bought several of those pod trays with the corn starch netting so I could easily pot things up or transplant directly, which meant I planted 72 potential tomato plants. And 63 of them sprang up and lived. Oh lordy, that’s a lotta tomatoes. Potting them up took two days because I…
This winter was harsh on many of the plants around the farm, especially decorative and fruiting ones. Some didn’t make it, and became part of our spring cleanup. But there was lots of good news to uncover too. The lavender bushes, currant bush, and the old cherry tree that no longer fruits are all showing signs of new growth, pushing…
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