This is the time to make a garden plan and purchase your gardening seeds for this year’s growing season. The longer you wait to order your seeds, the more chance the ones you want will be out of stock or back-ordered. Ideally, January would be the best month to shoot for, but I’m late in this… Continue reading Hey Gardeners, Have You Ordered Your Seeds Yet?
Category: Growing
Preserving the Past: The Beauty of Heirloom Dried Bean Seeds
I find it fascinating that I hold a seed in my hand that was grown decades ago from someone, possibly in a far away place. By planting it, I am preserving the past and continuing the tradition of seed, to plant, to harvest to food. Years ago, when we had an additional three acres to… Continue reading Preserving the Past: The Beauty of Heirloom Dried Bean Seeds
Things are Heating Up
We had our first Tilton Farmer’s Market last Tuesday which was fantastic. We are prepping for our second one now. Lots of baking going on at the beginning of the market season. Just a reminder if you want a guaranteed baked good, you should place your order through Hot Plate. We will have yours reserved… Continue reading Things are Heating Up
What We’ve Been Up To
We’ve talked before about the Bionutrient Food Association. We found them in 2011 when we moved to Gilmanton and have been using their growing methods since. It’s been a while since we attended their annual conference but this one looked like we needed to jump in. It’s via zoom for 16 weeks. Every Tuesday for… Continue reading What We’ve Been Up To
Hot Plate Ordering Now Open
Hello, I just returned from Spain visiting my son and now we are back at it. We’ve got 3 more weeks until our first outdoor market so we are scrambling to get things done. Coming back to this rainy weather is not helping. In addition to our regular “duties” for this time of the year,… Continue reading Hot Plate Ordering Now Open
Our Resources for our Zone 5b Garden
Read below to see our resources for our Zone 5b garden. We also go a little bit into nutrient-dense farming. Seeds We buy our seeds in December/January for the following year’s growing season. By doing this, you have a better chance of getting the seeds you want. We always look for non-GMO seeds and organic options. Mostly,… Continue reading Our Resources for our Zone 5b Garden
Gardening Seeds? This is who we support.
This is the time to make a garden plan and decide where to purchase your gardening seeds for this year’s growing season. The longer you wait to order your seeds, the more chance the ones you want will be out of stock or back-ordered. Let me preface by saying there are a lot of seed companies… Continue reading Gardening Seeds? This is who we support.
Greenhouse Going up
It’s a mad dash to put the greenhouse up. Today was a gorgeous day. Keith invented this wood contraption which helped steady the heavy frame while we put them into each side’s ground post. We continue tomorrow.
Oh My Aching Body
So we’ve made it through three days straight of greenhouse building. Michelle has taken the week off to accomplish this task. The two of us have worked continually for the last 3 days. It’s amazing the muscles that you didn’t realize you had in the aches that could be even possible. Makes me realize how… Continue reading Oh My Aching Body
Rain & Wet
If you haven’t noticed, it’s been a little rainy and wet around here. We had high hopes of planting in the field Friday night but that was quickly dashed away when Keith starting sinking in his boots. We had been soaking our spinach seeds and we needed to figure out a way to get those… Continue reading Rain & Wet
