Have You Been Eating Your Greens? We are huge fans of greens in our house. They grow so well for us that we can not help but grow large amounts of them. In addition to growing the standards like collards, kale and spinach, we harvest the greens off of several vegetables such as beets, turnips…
Sweet Tea-A Southern Standard It’s 100 degrees out and about 95% humidity. Instead of heating up your house to brew some tea, use solar energy instead. We drink sweet tea year round in our home. My kids love it. They like it so much that I have to limited how much they can have in…
It’s All About Shaved Asparagus I’ve been seeing shaved asparagus recipes everywhere and decided to join the bandwagon. Asparagus, salad greens and herbs are the only vegetables actively producing in our garden. So, naturally, my latest recipe is a salad. Plus, this is a good opportunity to use up some of our fresh herbs. Yes,…
First fall harvest Today was the first day of fall harvest! It was only a very light cutting, only a few leaves, but enough to whet the appetite for good things to come. Bring on the greens! We spent Labor Day weekend direct sowing kale, collard greens and turnips, along with several of our other…
Sweet Potatoes: One of the Healthiest Foods We definitely love sweet potatoes! First of all, growing sweet potatoes is easy. Once established, they are a maintenance free plants. Second, they are delicious and one of the healthiest food you can eat. Once they are cooked, a medium sized sweet potato (or half a cup, cooked)…