Exploring the subtleties of homesteading in an unlikely way
As you may remember, my 2016 garden was pretty much a failure. (You can read about it here.) I only managed to harvest one small meal’s worth of okra. There were a lot of factors that played into my failure, not the least of which was my own lack of attention to my garden’s needs. But! I do not feel… Read More
Turns out I don’t have much of a green thumb. All of the planning, money, work, and stress and we managed to get 3 black bean pods, 2 pinto bean pods, and 1 small serving of okra. Jealous of my fresh food plethora, aren’t you? To be fair, I had basil but didn’t harvest it because I thought it was… Read More
When I was growing up I spent many an hour stringing and breaking green beans with my Nana. She canned quart size mason jars of green beans by the bushel. And honestly, there was absolutely nothing more wonderful than sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner and eating freshly canned summer green beans. The last bit of green beans my Nana strung… Read More
Here it is August and I had really hoped to be drowning in produce. Cooking, canning, freezing, preserving, even giving away fresh produce that we grew in our garden boxes. Ok, I at least wanted to cook ONE meal of freshly grown foods. To date I have harvested a total of 5 bean pods: 2 black beans and 3 pinto… Read More
