Happy August! Here’s today’s harvest: 20 small tomatoes, and a baby eggplant! (We’re nearing 200 tomatoes for the season already!) Here are five tomato plants in a raised bed — see how they take over! Want to know our secret? …
First, a shout out to Aaron from Colchester Farm! When I went to collect my CSA share this week, he said he’d found my blog. Thank you for reading, and thank you for helping all of us receive our yummy …
Ready for more?? (Or, if you’ve just stumbled upon Part II, read Part I!) #3: Godfrey’s Vegetable Farm (Sudlersville, MD) At Godfrey’s, peach trees line the farm. They offer U-Pick, and also have a farm stand to sell their fruits …
Part I means there will be a Part II…and III…let’s go! I’ve started eating a lot of local food—food that comes from a short distance from the little house on Pine (and some that grows in our backyard!). Last weekend, …
Especially this bella from the backyard homestead…Isn’t she beautiful? So round, the first of her kind from my garden! I was almost afraid to eat her…that lasted about a second. Yummy sandwich! All local! Wheat bread from the Lapp family, …
Prepping for a half marathon is hard work! I was asked yesterday how my training was going, and my first reply was “boring!” Let me explain. I’m so used to Zumba being my main cardio workout — running is very …
Remember my most recent adventure at Lockbriar? (Peaches and blackberries, please!) I wanted to go back for more! This time, blueberries and blackberries were open for U-Pick. Have I told you how much I love blackberries? Love them. A lot. …
Ah, Monday. Makes you want muffins, doesn’t it? A good muffin can make any Monday feel like a Saturday. Or a Friday. Remember these? Quick and Easy Cinnamon Muffins Sure you do. They’re great. What happens when I add yellow …
My pickup:Whole wheat and wheat cinnamon bread from the Lapp family, corn and peppers from Redman Farms, croissants from Against the Grain Bread Co., lettuce from Chesapeake Greenhouse, and green beans from Joseph’s. What’s it like at the Farmer’s Market? …
This week on the homestead… 30 tomatoes, a beautiful eggplant, and a large zucchini! The tomatoes are crawling all over the place! We have a lot of the grape-sized tomatoes, and the larger slicing tomatoes are starting to turn red! …