Favorite Tools #8
We have a dandelion problem, especially in our orchard and field areas. There are thousands it seems! There's not much we can do in the orchard (see photo below) because we don't spray, but I do dig them up in our peony rows and in my garden. That's where a dandelion...
Around The Farm This Week
It finally feels like spring has truly sprung! I missed last week's "around the farm" because we took a long weekend to visit Grace, our daughter, in Charleston! While there we managed to fit in a house and garden tour with the Charleston Garden Club so it was a great...
Around The Farm This Week
We are right on the cusp of the most beautiful time of year on the farm. Buds are starting to swell, the grass is starting to green up and we've had the first days of warm sunshine! I've begun my daily rounds around the farm to see what is changing and growing and as...
Around the Farm
Hello friends, it's been awhile! I feel as if I've been hibernating and am just peaking out to relish the warmer temps and sunshine! While January and February are relatively quite on the farm, March is when we start to pick up speed so I thought I'd share what is...
Nasturtium Capers
I've always grown Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus) in the garden as they have so many uses and benefits. Truly, they are beautiful workhorses! The blooms, and leaves, are edible, they act as a natural pest deterrent for plants around them and they add loads of beauty to...
A Tour of Clove Brook Farm
I absolutely love to tour gardens/estates/farms and I recently had the absolute pleasure of touring Christopher Spitzmiller's property, Clove Brook Farm. He opened up his farm for the Garden Conservancy's Open Days scheme and my dear friend, Gretchen, and I signed up...
