The gorgeous lavender flowers kept the bees very busy the past couple of weeks, but I noticed that the majority of the blooms had faded and the bees were absent Saturday morning. According to some sources, lavender flowers should be cut when the flowers first start blooming, in order to have the highest level of [...]
It was time to do some major clean-up of the yard this weekend. We’ve only mowed the lawn once since last September, so it was starting to look pretty shaggy. Unfortunately, our lawn mower is in disrepair and I had to hire a guy to come out and do the mowing for us. First, however, [...]
Tonight, we made a homemade alfredo and started the dish off with a nice mixed salad of three types of organically, home-grown lettuce (Red Sail, Cosmo Savoy & Buttercrunch) … and, for the first time ever, a generous helping of hearty, earthy and rich tasting spinach for each of us. We typically buy Central [...]
I pulled up a dozen more carrots for dinner tonight. They were delicious. The shorter variety, Danver’s, is a little sweeter than the Big Top variety, which has a stronger parsnip flavor. Both are wonderful. I think I still have in the neighborhood of 75 carrots left to harvest over the coming weeks. I should [...]
I harvested sage, basil, Greek and Mexican oregano, marjoram and thyme this weekend. For those of you growing herbs for the first time, check out my three latest blogs about how to harvest these wonderful culinary delights!
