It's hot and you want to be out swimming and enjoying the short summer in Maine, right?
Now that my daughter is 5, she is begging to go swimming down at the pond 2 miles down the road practically every day!
So I need to come up with dinners that don't have me inside preparing all afternoon. I'm guessing you might feel the same way!
Here's a great way that has endless variations to get a meal on the table without spending too much time in the kitchen on anything elaborate. And guess what? It's even a hit with guests and kids alike.
Late spring verging onto summer on the farm (or in your garden) is a busy time of year.
That is an understatement, right??
Do you find yourself making a list for the week that would literally take a month to do?? I totally do that all the time in the summer!
That's why it's important to have some really fun easy recipes on hand so that you're not cooking all day long while you want to be outside gardening, hiking, boating, playing with the kids/grandkids...
It's that time of year again! If you have rhubarb in your garden or have ever seen it in a garden, you'll know that it is the most feel good plant ever in springtime!
It's huge green leaves are a very welcome sight to see after a long winter. The plant comes up and grows so fast that it makes you feel like you're gardening already! And good at it! Right?
That's always what I think! Who else thinks growing rhubarb gives you an ego-boost?
White snow, bare trees, it is a stark reality. It can also be a stark reality in terms of local food. With most vegetable farm stands and farmers markets shutting down in the fall, many return grudgingly to the grocery store for their veggies.
Recently we were asked,
What time of year do you open up and start selling veggies again?
Wait, you have veggies in the winter?? Do you grow them all in greenhouses?
If you’re a gardener, you know how wonderful it is to harvest the fruits (or veggies!) of your hard work, right?!
Sure you can grab your seeds and throw them out there, walk away, and then come back hoping for food. And you won’t be wrong, I’m sure there will be some food there!
But, one of the key successes to growing a garden and making it produce maximally is careful planning using succession plantings.
It's December and us veggie farmers must be settling in for a long winter's nap, right?
Nope! :) After taking one week off to celebrate the end of the growing season and give Thanksgiving as a family, we are back at the controls of our thriving small farm business excited about the coming next season!
