Local Food: Starting from seed
What are your plans for eating locally this year? We are currently planting our seeds indoors to get a head start on our very short growing season. See more about our garden at our Humble Garden blog....
View ArticleI Have a Bright Green Secret
(Asparagus fronds) Can I tell you about a secret thing I learned recently? We planted asparagus last year and this spring we have been sampling a few spears from the 1st year growth. The production...
View ArticleLoving CanningUSA.com!!
I do not do this usually but I had to recommend this site!! www.CanningUSA.com This site is so informative and charming! If you want to put up some of your beautiful organic garden foods but are...
View ArticleFood 0.001 – pickling is old school
I have been looking forward to doing this project for several years. I have distinct memories of when I was a child in Iowa, down in our basement in the bathroom we always hid in when the tornado...
View ArticleA Snippet of my Edible Summer
Humble Garden 2008 from nika on Vimeo. Here is the Humble Garden video for 2008 (I shoot these with my MacBook Pro, forgive the quality). In it I share my family, our organic vegetable garden, our...
View ArticleDrying homegrown sage
One of my more successful crops in our Humble Garden this year was sage. It braved cool very damp weather and repelled all chicken inquiries. Chicken might taste good roasted with sage but live...
View ArticleChicken Hazards
Raising your own chickens in your own backyard means having VERY fresh eggs and, should you so choose, fresh meat on occasion. If you have roosters (which are not necessary unless you want to eat...
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