There are fun parts of gardening, like pretty flowers and delicious vegetables, and not so fun parts of gardening. This year, it’s been all about the problems with some joys in between. First, the joys – 100 pounds of apples (or more) harvested from just four out of our eight trees. I am still canning… Read More The (Not So) Fun Parts of Gardening
This recipe for cool, chilled cucumber dill soup uses the freshest ingredients from the garden blended with silky low-fat plain yogurt and sour cream to form a refreshing, filling “soup.” Soups are an ancient food. Historians tell us that making soup is a task perhaps as old as the art of cooking itself. There is… Read More Recipes from the Garden: Chilled Cucumber Dill Soup
One of the many things I love about living in the country is learning about the wildlife that surrounds us. Reptiles have become my friends since moving to the country. Turtles, frogs, toads, snakes, skinks and salamanders are abundant in the woods surrounding our home, and we often encounter them in the wild. A few,… Read More Garden Toads
Well, I’m back. Did you miss me? It’s been a while since I posted. We had a difficult July, and now heading into August, things have settled down…but they are different. Those of you who have been reading Home Garden Joy for a long time know that our pets here on the farm are more… Read More What’s Happening on the Farm, August Edition
Deer damage? Oh, I’ve got deer damage. I was so enthralled by mama doe and her fawns that I’d forgotten how destructive one doe can be. Our fenced in vegetable garden has kept deer out for over eight years. When we dug in the fence posts and stapled the wire to the posts, we… Read More Deer Troubles
