I’ve talked about growing potatoes here before and recently was invited to write about the topic for Kaia magazine. It’s the first time I’ve had anything I’ve written published in print so check out pages 40-43 as well as the other excellent gardening and eco-friendly articles. Last year’s potato post was the most popular post […]
Wordless Wednesday: Red Russian Kale
Red Russian Kale in Sarah’s garden. Gorgeous stuff.
Recipe: Asparagus and Arugula
Pesto is one of our summer standbys, and anyone who had been to the cottage with us will know that we always like to keep some authentic italian pesto on hand for a quick and easy lunch. Ha! I normally grow enough basil to make our basil pesto once a week, but what to do […]
Wordless Wednesday: Arugula Growing in Eavestrough.
After seeing a tutorial on growing greens in “gutters” over on apartment therapy we had to try it. Here is our arugula growing in some eavestrough along the side of our porch. Tastes great and it’s a great use of previously unused space, which just makes more room for carrots in the garden. We turned […]
Internet Excitement! Clawfoot bathtub potatoes are a hit!
Much excitement on the blog this weekend. Our clawfoot bathtub potatoes are a runaway hit! This post about growing potatoes in containers: http://www.cubitsorganics.com/2011/06/how-to-grow-delicious-potatoes-in.html That was also posted over here on Julia’s goat-notes: http://goat-notes.blogspot.com/2011/06/grow-your-own-potatoes-with-laura-watts.html Went from twitter, to treehugger where Colleen wrote up this nice little post about our bathtub of potatoes: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/06/turn_an_old_bathtub_into_potato_planter.php Which then ended […]