I like photographing tomatoes almost as much as I like eating them. To wake up before everyone else at the farm and get to have a quiet cup of coffee and change lenses in peace is my idea of heaven. Here are some more photographs of this year’s tomatoes. The seeds are fermenting and we […]
How to: Freeze and Peel Tomatoes for Easy Preserving and Winter Hoarding
The tomatoes are starting to roll in. It’s always exciting at first, those first tomatoes. Grown by spring rain and summer heat. Quickly though, full on tomato panic starts to sets in. Where do you put them all? How can you prevent buying some in December when there are so so many right now? Canning […]
Wordless Wednesday: This is What August Looks Like
I’m Big! Rebecca’s Third Birthday
Rebecca woke up this morning at the farm, stood on the bed, and declared “I’m Big!” She’s right; Somehow it’s her third birthday. Not quite sure how that happened. We started celebrating by letting her pick as many tomatoes as she wanted. We’ve just arrived back in the city and apparently that means she wants […]
My Parent’s First Visit to the Farm & What to do with all Those Zucchinis
My parents came to visit the farm for the first time last week. They were our very first visitors and they make no secret that they think we have lost our minds by taking on this project. Their visit just happened to coincide with a major heat wave and drought conditions. So after a few […]