Life on an 1800s Farm in Effingham New Hampshire
While the snow is still on the ground, it won't be long before the gardens are in full bloom. The herbs will showing off their dazzling array of colors and beauty. Our daily chores, besides weeding, will include harvesting the fresh herbs to dry. Each morning, after the dew has passed we pick each herb by hand, and then carefully dry them. Some are sun dried, while others are … [Read more...]
A simple, yet delicious condiment. This recipe takes very little time to make, yet the results are purely delicious. You can melt a little, and drizzle onto your favorite vegetables. The butter flavor mixed with the lemon will make your vegetables pop in your mouth with pure deliciousness. It is simply delicious with asparagus on toast. Spread on the butter, and top with … [Read more...]
While the tallest recorded sunflower stands at 23 feet, we are pretty impressed by our tallest sunflower in the garden. Although our farm is organic, and most of our gardens get natural fertilizer or compost, this stately sunflower received no manure, no special treatment, and grew from a tiny little seed. It stands at a little over twelve feet and should produce a large supply … [Read more...]
Buddha Statue for your Zen Garden Create A Zen Spot In Your Backyard It's been a long week at work. You want a place to go to settle in with a good book (or kindle), or just hang out with a cup of coffee. You'd like to have a place where you can listen to the winds of time just flying past you. Why not spend that time in your own garden. Simple easy ideas to transform your … [Read more...]
Garden "experts" such as Paul Parent Garden Club, should NOT be promoting poisonous products to the public. On his radio show, The Paul Parent Garden Club, he promotes using Round Up. Round Up is made by Monsanto, a company who has is trying to take over the seed industry. If Monsanto has their way, we will not be able to seed save and grow our own food. Monsanto wants to own … [Read more...]
If the tractor did all the work, then why am I so tired? Yesterday, we spent most of the day plowing up the gardens. We need to get the seedlings from the greenhouse in the gardens. We had 3 huge garden fields last year. We decided this year to combine the north and south gardens into one gigantic one to save time on mowing in between them. This will also give us quite a few … [Read more...]
Yesterday, we recieved 20 yards of loam. That is alot of dirt. Our chore now is to spread it around to different places in the yard to level off some areas. Some will be used to redo areas where crab grass had taken over. The crab grass was due to Freddy who dug up the beautiful lawn that was there. We are still not sure what ideas he had in his head. He, and the children that … [Read more...]
The gardens are starting to wind down. I am glad in a way,?? but sad in others. It will give me a chance to get some other projects done. It gives me time to get all??my canning done before we have to start getting the yard and gardens ready for winter. Today, I will be making and canning tomato sauce. I think tomorrow, we will work on gathering apples from the neighbors and … [Read more...]
The unofficial end of summer is of course today Labor Day. The kids will go back to school and most vacations have ended. Around here, summer will not end until September 21, which according to history is the Autumn Solstice. From then forward we will prepare the gardens, animals, and house??for the coming winter months. Not an easy task. It the spring tasks in reverse. Putting … [Read more...]
