Next year we are moving the primary garden back behind the house. With two kiddos, I think it will be easier to be closer to home. This year the house garden grew our garlic and shallots. The asparagus patch got a couple pickings. We also planted some greens, beets, and carrots but none of those… Continue reading fall garden prep begins
Author: Sabine
welcome, springtime.
WELCOME, SPRINGTIME. I’m glad you’re back. The first day of Spring. It is finally here, even though it’s snowing outside right now. The snow is melting, the flowers are emerging. Spring time in Maine is one of my favorites: The snow is melting. The sun is warm. Things are turning green. There is dog poop… Continue reading welcome, springtime.
Maine Maple Syrup, Year 2
Last week we FINALLY got around to tapping our maple trees. Just in time too – we had also opened our last container of syrup. The snow had started melting away, the chickens were out scratching in the leaves around the base of the trees. We tapped the 6 trees in front of our barn,… Continue reading Maine Maple Syrup, Year 2
What’s Growing On – March 2020
Phew. Spring is upon us. Ignore the fact it was 3 degrees the morning I’m writing this. Spring. Is. Here. Next week it might be 60 degrees! It’s here. And that means I’m BUSY. There is a lot of seed starting happening. So far, we’ve started 1000 onions and 200 tomatoes. Of course, Baxter is… Continue reading What’s Growing On – March 2020
Vegetables In Our 2021 Garden
We buy the majority of our seeds from three north-eastern seed companies: FEDCO, Johnny’s Seeds, and Fruition Seeds. We also placed an order at High Mowing for their open-pollinated Honeynut Butternut Squash — YUM! Here are all the veggies we have in store for 2021 BEANS (dry): Silver Cloud Cannellini, True Red Cranberry, Haudenosaunee; BEANS… Continue reading Vegetables In Our 2021 Garden
Dutch-Baby Sunday Brunch
At my parents house, Sunday brunch as a weekly holiday staple. We would gather around the table with a stack of crepes, some bacon that had set off the smoke alarm, and scrabbled eggs. Most families would call it breakfast, since we ate at 8 am, but we’d eat enough food to be full ’till… Continue reading Dutch-Baby Sunday Brunch
Whats Growing On?
That’s right – what’s growing on??? … Ha. Do you get it? What’s growing on… like what’s going on…. But growing… because #farmlife. You may think there is NOTHING growing on a Maine farmstead in January, but you are very wrong! Sort of. Our animals are in fact growing a bunch! Our hens are laying… Continue reading Whats Growing On?
long time, no see.
Hi there – long time no see. 2020 was a year, and I’d taken a step back to focus on some other things. After that step back, I couldn’t figure out how to jump two steps forward to get back. But I managed to pull it together, and now I’m back. At least until life… Continue reading long time, no see.
Sugar Season
It’s here! Spring has sprung! The sap is F L O W I N G!! I love maple syrup — *real* maple syrup. Growing up in Maine, it was a household staple. Every weekend, we would sit down to eat crepes with maple syrup and brown sugar (and bacon, of course). When I was a… Continue reading Sugar Season
Starting Seeds
It’s seedling week! I meant to write this LAST monday, but time has gotten away from me. Between changing our chicken coop set up, setting up our sun room to start seeds, family being in town, and trying to tap some trees for the sap flow this week…. I seem to be running in circles!!… Continue reading Starting Seeds