Posted in Building Community, Giving, Locally grown, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Jun 30th, 2010
A few things from this morning’s harvest. Carrots, beets, 3 types of kale, lots and lots of chard, and buckets full of sugar snap and snow peas.
So grateful for the constant stream of Teaching Garden volunteers today. Folks were working hard from 9:30 am straight through to 4:30pm. We’re feeling very, very blessed. A [...]
Posted in Building Community, Homemaking, Learning, Locally grown, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Jun 26th, 2010
It’s late June at Salt of the Earth Urban Farm (home of the BCS Teaching Garden)! Finally, some warm weather (mid-upper 70’s) has settled in (the tomatoes, summer squash and bush beans look much happier) and everything is flourishing.
The harvest is increasing – every week, we are taking a few dozen cartons of organic [...]
Posted in Building Community, From my kitchen on Jun 14th, 2010
The other night we tried out a new pizza recipe from Good Eat’s guru, Alton Brown.
I really liked that the dough is made the night before and allowed to set-up in the fridge – this way, when I’m in a hurry to make dinner the next night, I can quickly take out the dough, [...]
Posted in Building Community, Homemaking, Locally grown, Mothering tool kit, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on May 10th, 2010
Happenings in the garden this week so far: Mustard greens, lettuce and kale are all getting big! (Red Russian Kale in the foreground, with Mizuna mustard behind.)
A volunteer and I got 20 tomatoes planted this afternoon – half in front, half in the back. (I have room for another dozen or so, but am out [...]
Posted in Building Community, Locally grown, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Apr 23rd, 2010
Slowly, slowly, things are taking shape in the garden. Last Saturday, 9 volunteers came to help pot up summer squash, plant potatoes, carrots, parsnips, and continue dig up bamboo for the future raspberry bed. And earlier, I was able to get 25 donated asparagus crowns planted.
Baby leeks, onions, basil, cilantro, parsley and thyme are all [...]
Posted in Building Community, Homemaking, Learning, Locally grown, Moderation and Economy, Uncategorized, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Mar 18th, 2010
Yesterday afternoon, with my son on my back, the girls and I potted up the first of our tomato seedlings – all 51 of them. (The one above is a “Black Krim”, a favorite of ours for salads.) Another 26 little tomato-lets (started a week later) will be potted up this weekend, time allowing.
(Above: Our [...]
Posted in Building Community, Changing Seasons, Nature Table, Playing/ Free Exploration, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Feb 22nd, 2010
We’re working on a converting our front lawn into veggie beds, and the unseasonably warm and dry weather has helped us get a jump start on sheet mulching. Goodbye lawn, hello permaculture landscape! While Tum Tum and I spread cardboard, straw, manure and compost, Little Hen and her Daddy were busy building cold frames out [...]
Posted in Building Community, Changing Seasons, From my kitchen, Giving, Weaving, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Nov 21st, 2009
A morning spent baking a pecan pie thank-you.
An early afternoon spent planting hyacinths and digging earthworms with the girls.
A late afternoon of immense blessing – We have been given an enormous maple loom, made right here in Oregon. We spent about two hours getting it dissassembled, carried up our narrow stairway, and reassembled.
It will need [...]
Posted in Building Community, From my kitchen, Locally grown, Moderation and Economy, Outings, The Gift of God, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Sep 7th, 2009
Saturday, I was blessed with the opportunity to ride with another family of volunteers out to Mosier, OR (in the beautiful Columbia Gorge) to glean pears for Birch Community Services. The weather was very rainy, windy, and chilly, so I was grateful that the children could all stay home, snuggled up reading their latest chapter [...]
Posted in Building Community, Giving, Locally grown, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Aug 28th, 2009
Another day’s harvest at Penelope’s Garden. Fourteen pounds of beautiful organic produce picked and delivered to Birch Community Services!
The girls were excellent green bean harvesters. Little Hen and I may have snacked on a few while we picked.
For more bountiful harvests, visit Soule Mama, Mom in Madison, Red Dirt Mother, Old Red Barn Co., Heirloom [...]