And it continues

I previously posted a link to an article which talked about how the Obama’s hopes to grow an organic garden were dashed because of a bio-solid fertilizer which was spread on the white house lawn with the okay from the Clinton’s.  Any who, here’s a little more buzz…
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92869?fp=1

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I want to call it “Canning Orgy”

Today was a hot and sticky ones weather fans, and inside my kitchen it was even hotter…but you know what they say about can’t standing the heat…
I took on the monumental task of canning more than I have ever canned before in a single day and came out on the other end victorious and delirious, [...]

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Canning Tutorial

When I canned the pickles, it was raining.  It rained and rained and rained.  When it was all said and done, there was 2″ in the rain gauge.  Immediately I went outside and picked our tomatoes because Paul had just watered them in heavily that morning and after receiving the 2″, they had all split [...]

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First Timer, Right Here

I made pickles on Tuesday for the first time in my life.  It went okay, I was satisfied.  There were a few things that could have gone better such as, the recipe I used said to pack the cucumbers into quart jars, so I did.  After they were processed, the cucumbers rose to the top, [...]

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Farm Stand

Last weekend was our first farm stand.  I’ve mentioned it to some, but for those of you who don’t know, we are selling our produce this year at our house.  It was successful, unfortunately there aren’t a lot of pictures, but I didn’t have the camera, I was too busy enjoying the shade and the [...]

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Your Daily Dose

Friends, here is an excerpt from the book In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan (which you should read after you read The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by the same author).
“There’s no escaping the fact that better food–whether measured by taste or nutritional quality (which often correspond)–cost more, usually because it has been grown with more care [...]

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If it walks like a duck…

A family just visited our farm stand, I want to say that they were the first customers thus far.  We said our greetings to one another and the matriarch starts to check out the table of goods.  Just to let you know too, this woman was about in her mid 50’s and the other people [...]

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One of my loves

Did a little blueberry picking today.  Aaaahhhhhhh….the weather is back up, but that was okay.  We are garden sitting for the garden king, Dr. Calvin Bey.  He invited us to come and pick anything that was ripe while he was out of town, so being the free things loving people that we are, totally all [...]

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Do your part

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/23/california-company-recalls-romaine-lettuce/
This article just hammers the point about knowing where your food comes from, “Shake the hand that feeds you”.  The ultimate food “security” is growing your vegetables in your backyard.  You may not know, but it takes very little space to grow enough vegetables to eat for your families.  If you’re not ambitious, may I [...]

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Update

The baby hen did not die at the hands of the raccoon last night.  It was resourceful and hid well.  All is well in the hen house for now.

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