Time to Plant Beets

Organic Gardening

Most people will tell you they hate beets but that’s only because they have only tasted the horrid red imposters sliced and jammed into tin cans. For shame!!! Beets are one of my favorite vegetables and dressed in Celtic Sea Salt and Kerry Gold butter, you just...

Happy Easter

Farm News

Happy Easter from The Farm!

Planting Peas

Organic Gardening

When it comes to fresh-from-the-garden vegetables that cause you swear off grocery store knock-offs, peas are at the top of the list. Fresh from the pod, peas are exquisite! They are easy to grow, easy to pick and if you have never eaten a fresh pea still in the pod,...

March Chores – Pruning

Organic Gardening

Before the month of March is over I plan to get all of my pruning finished. February is usually just too darn cold to get out with my pruners and my handy dandy folding saw so I have made a deal with myself that I can feel good about: March is pruning month. Once we...

Reduce Breast Cancer Risk With Grass-Fed Meat and Milk

Eat Local, Free Range Chicken, Grass Fed Beef, Health, Raw Milk, Sustainable Farming

A little over 10 years ago while traveling in Europe I came across a study that found that women who consumed 100% grass fed animal products could lower their chance of developing breast cancer by 74%.Why do 100% grass fed animal products protect women from breast...

Keeping a Gardening Journal

Homesteading, Organic Gardening

I have kept a gardening journal for about 19 years and I believe it is an indispensable tool for the home gardener as much as for the market gardener. I started keeping a journal for my garden the first year I set my foot on a spade in my tiny flower garden on Shelby...