The Organic Consumers Association

I’m signed up to every organic, ecological, left-wing, hippy, agriculture, horticulture, soil science, aquaculture, environmental, social justice website available. It’s sickening. Constant contact must sell me left and right… Anyway, one of the many emails I get every week comes from The Organic Consumers Association and they actually are worth [...]

The last of the sunflowers

The last of the sunflowers were pulled out of the garden last week. They looked good for a while thanks to the cold weather, but recent frosty nights were their final demise. Once the secondary heads start looking tired or you don’t see them enlarging from one week to the [...]

Oldie but a Goodie

This was taken from my old blog… gramatical errors in tact.To be further developed. Wednesday, January 12, 2005 Sex and the Garden I once had a friend that hired guys to dig out all of these big, beautiful, established Echium plants that filled her front yard. Her reason being, as [...]

Rose hips

First Frost of the Season

Last Monday morning I showed up to the farm in my normal shoe attire: Uggs. After walking through field C for 10 minutes my toes were completely soaked and I was getting cold and cranky. Luckily I had my duffel bag of extra Winter gear in my truck; I threw [...]

If I were only an inch or so tall

If I were only an inch or so tall, this would definitely be my new digs! I found this little gem while I was taking the water readings at the farm. It must have sprouted up over the weekend, as it was not there Friday afternoon. I’m not quite sure [...]

Flower Bombs!!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2008/apr/25/seedbombing In the next couple of weeks I will be selling these… they work great!!

Demeter

Goddess of earth, planting and farming

Plant Food

Looking for a different plant for for your indoor or out door plants?? Try Terracycle Plant Food. This company is awesome… all of their products are shipped in recycled containers and their plant food containers are old, plastic soda bottles. It takes recycling a step further… rather then just tossing [...]

Beatrix Potter

Currently reading, Beatrix Potter : A life in Nature I’m barely through the first few chapters, but this book is so good. Very factual, lots of dates and small details of her growing up, family life, etc. But really good. It forces you to dive into her childhood, through her [...]