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Corn, Corn – Oh My – Lots of Corn – Shall We Freeze It?

Ah, corn. Good old sweet corn – and bees. 

Yelp – bees. 

It is amazing thing, but without bees you can not have a garden – or, actually, you can have a garden, but you wont be harvesting a lot…. 

Luckly for us we have lots of bees in our garden – meaning [...]

Pea Blanching

Remember those peas we pick? Well, we decided to postpone the enjoyment of our taste buds for a few months – saving them for the cold winter months instead of gorging ourselves with peas today.

This is where blanching comes into play. Speaking of blanching – who ever thought of such a word? Ever [...]

Harvesting the First Fruits

This past weekend was a joyful occasion as we were able to harvest the first fruits of our garden.

You know, when you think about it, gardens are pretty amazing. You dig up a piece of dirt, throw in some tiny dry seeds – add water and the next thing you know you’re [...]

I was Farmin!!

Weeds and dirt. oh – and a machine with lots of teeth.

Yesterday was the start of a love/hate relationship with the soil and weather of Idaho.

Yelp – we are planting a garden. Only, it is not on our property as originally planned – it is next door at my neighbors place. [...]