We have moved

In an attempt to streamline my blogging  I have condensed all my blogs into one. You can now read eat local news in the food section at modernorganicmama.com. See ya there!

Jamie’s Fowl Dinners

Homegrown

You might have already heard of the Dervaes Family or even their website pathtofreedom.com but just in case here it is. These guys grow incredible amounts of food on 1/5 of an acre. Very inspiring.

I didn’t know that someone had done a documentary on them though. To learn more about the movie check out homegrown-film.com.

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Daffodils

Lilacs, who can resist that smell!

The Bearded Iris is about to bloom!

The Years Garden Improvement

This is last years garden in July. I got a really late start last year and didn’t plant anything until early June. Since I had no indoor starts and I went to the nursery and bought what I could find for plants. We had tomatoes, squash, peppers, dill, cilantro and a few radishes, carrots and peas. Not too bad for no planning.

This year I started in February with my indoor starts. I have planned a lot and have five beds instead of three. I have also used those black things for potatoes and moved the compost to a different spot.

This year I am also going to try my hand at raspberries, grapes and some rubarb. I bought two kinds of raspberries and three kinds of grapes. But I an afraid one of the raspberries and one of the grapes might be dead as they have not sprouted while the others have.

I’ll keep you posted.

Past Season Garden Leftovers

Here’s B with a carrot we found growing. Amazing, it survived the winter and started sprouting again. We only found it because I recognized the green leaves.

When I did the raised beds this year I though I had transplanted all the strawberries but I must have missed a few. These have started growing between the beds.

If you happen to follow my modernorganicmama.com blog you might have seen the beautiful sunflower we had in the middle of the garden last year. Well it must have dropped a few seeds and they survived the double digging and raised bed making this year because here they are.

I also had some dill and cilantro I let go to seed in this bed last year and here is the proof. I now have Dill and Cilantro growing on the outside of the bed.

I also have some sprouting in the middle of the bed. Dill is like a weed.  A yummy weed though.

Civil Eats

In my blog surfing, I was on Mark Bittman’s blog and read about swine flu and CAFOs, I stumbled across an interesting new site, Civil Eats. It’s a great blog site with lots of catagories covering all aspects of well, civil eating. Categories include, grow your own, in the kitchen, food policy and more. Check it out.

The Garden is Growing

Broccoli Rabe

Red Cabage

Cilantro

Brussels Sprouts

Our cold crops are in and growing.  We also have broccoli, cauliflower, and collards starts in the beds.

We also have seedling sprouting. These little babies are Rainbow Chard.

I have started to put out the rest of my seedlings to harden them off. they grow much better in the sun than under the lights.

Chickens Love Radish Sprouts

Yeah! the radishes are sprouting. WARNING if you have chickens fence them out of your budding garden.

I went out this AM and the chickens had gotten into the bed and the radishes are no more. Oh, and make sure your fencing is secure. My chickens just pushed the fence out of the way. I am beginning to think they don’t realize how big they are, one got stuck in the bush today and I had to get her out. Baby’s got back!