How’s that for a title. Naming these posts is easily the hardest part of posting. Type out details is satisfying, putting into (usually) organized words what’s been done, but those titles….. Today is a gorgeous, if weird, Spring day around these parts. 25c/75f. Most years at this time, it’s still quite chilly, snowing/raining/hailing, with snow still on the ground. This …
Don’t panic! You were supposed to be sent here from the garden-of-eatin link you clicked. This is our new farm website for our new farm name; garden-of-eatin.com will eventually be let go. Alberta Handmade Soap Co is also now part of Owl Creek Farm, so you’ll find our product information here as well.
That moment when you realize it was 2014 when you posted last, and it’s somehow now 2017…. How did that happen? Looking back over all the year’s posts, my poor garden blog went from frequent excited posts to sporadic random recipes and “want to do”. 2017 has us on our own property so the “want to do” is ramped up …
Finally – it’s been years since I got to really get into doing a veggie garden, but I got a start on it today! It didn’t take much work to get the container/raised beds cleaned up from the winter, and I planted onions: And a lonely rhubarb that won’t be lonely for long: Here’s all 3 beds, waiting to see …
Wendy, Teresa, Jennifer, and Laura are the winners of a brand new bar of handmade gardener’s soap. I believe Jennifer is most in need of some good soap: Jennifer said: Well this was not an easy feat. Home alone gardening today and actually looked down at my hands and thought, hmm wonder who won that dirty hand contest? Came in …
Yes it’s almost February. Resolutions? I don’t recall any resolutions. Don’t you dare scroll down that page! I said don’t! That should be an indication how those are going (I’ve had a few people email and ask) ;) Soap making is FUN. I already have 100+ bars of soap at various stages of curing. And yes, I’m working on a …
2010 had a lot of ups and downs here in our little corner of the world. The ups mostly made up for the downs though, and the upcoming 2011 ups will be even better. I got a jump on my “New Years Resolutions” by quitting smoking (…again…) 4 days ago. My actual resolution will be to not pick it back …
It has come to my attention that it is June. I refuse to believe this. It’s actually February right? And my daughter is not turning 15 in a few days, my garden is thriving and it’s not finals week. …….. Oh damn. Would you believe I’ve had exactly enough time to plant nothing?? The only thing growing in my garden …
It’s almost February, 2 months til spring, yay! Oregon residents, here’s your February garden “to dos” from the OSU Extension service – First consider cultural, and then physical controls. The conservation of biological control agents (predators, parasitoids) should be favored over the purchase and release of biological controls. Use chemical controls only when necessary, only after identifying a pest problem, …
First order of business: Costco is getting ready to start accepting food stamps (now known as SNAP, or Supplimental Nutrition Assistance Program) by Thanksgiving ’09, which I think many of my readers will appreciate thanks to the great economy we’ve got going on. Just be careful and price compare because Costco is more expensive for many things! Second order of …
Plan a post for October 15th about climate change!
I loved this spring. We had a week of hot and it’s been so mild otherwise. Think it’ll last into summer?