Thinking that the damaging winds and rain from Hurricane Irene might wreak havoc on our garden, we spent the better part of Friday afternoon picking some of the yield! The August garden is one of my favorites–from the last leg …
Oh, summer. After an overflowing June and July garden, the August garden promises to be pretty exciting! Growing this month… more raspberries! tons more…the plant is full of these! grapes…look, they’re turning purple! . They’re so sweet…this is the first …
I know it’s fall when I can pick apples at a favorite orchard! Shane and I went to Milburn Orchards in Elkton, MD to pick some Cameo apples! Remember my trip to Milburn earlier this fall? Yum!! So many apples! …
Another piece of our backyard homestead includes a nut and fruit tree forest. We went a little crazy with this dream… Here are some of the trees we’ve added: Melrose apple treesA peach treeTwo pear treesA fig tree A black …