It was about six months ago when I saw this article in Rodale’s Organic Life filled with bountiful hanging vegetable baskets. After last year’s container garden garden success, including growing tomatoes up strings on our front porch, I decided hanging container gardens like these—reminiscent of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon—were going to be my produce project […]
Edible Communities
Funny things can happen when you talk about blogging with people. Often, you find out (after they’ve browsed your site) they share similar interests … interests that you may never have stumbled upon in conversation, otherwise. This happened to me a few years ago during a chat with a co-worker who happens to be—unbeknownst to me—a […]
How To Eat Local
Simple reasons why it’s so important to eat local and support the local food community! In the United States we’re becoming increasingly aware of how important our food sources are, beyond just choosing organic options from the produce isle at the grocery store. In fact, what I’ve learned over the past few years is that […]
5 Beginner Tips for Starting a Container Garden
Starting a container garden is easier than you think! Over the years I’ve acquired basic knowledge for seeds and plants and growing things. That said, I hesitate to actually call myself a “gardener” because growing plants — and, more importantly, keeping them alive — has been been, shall we say, problematic. The irony of my […]
What Kind of Eggs to Buy at the Grocery Store
The best kinds of eggs come from happy chickens. It sounds cliche, I know. But after being around the hens on our property—hens who are free to roam around all day eating bugs, leftover veggies, and grass—and enjoying their delicious, deep orange (like the color of a tangerine!) yolked eggs, it’s hard to imagine eating eggs […]
Kauffman’s Fruit Farm & Market
APPLES! We love them. The fact that it’s turning the corner into fall makes me even more excited about apples, because suddenly the scents of apple-cinnamon everything is everywhere. YUM! I make my fair share of apple pies and apple sauce, and I’ve even made savory dishes, like this pasta, that include apples. And coming […]
Support The Buy Local Challenge With Local Farmers’ Markets In Maryland
There’s nothing I like more than talking about the fabulousness of buying local things. Especially Maryland local things. Even though I’ve lived other places, I grew up in Maryland, and I have so much love for the state as my “home” state. Within a three hour span, you can visit the Atlantic Ocean in the east, and also […]
Growing Organic Potatoes
I don’t have a green thumb, but thankfully when it comes to things like growing organic potatoes and tons of other produce, my mother, sister and brother-in-law do. Two weekends ago it was time to start digging up the potatoes in the big garden on the homestead. My mom’s a seed-saver, which means she carefully […]