Life is starting to get back into a groove. It seems we have been so busy! I like life at a little slower pace... I guess it's the country in me. It's winter, I like to hibernate, plan my garden, read, and cook.
I have a couple reviews, I really want to get done. I'm also reading a wonderful book... The The Heirloom Life Gardener, all I can say so far is I can't put it down!
Are you all dreaming up your own garden plans for this spring?
I love taking pictures of the food we cook and eat...
It gets me all excited to get back into the garden, and grow potatoes, blackberries, and such! We do live in Idaho, and we like our root crops.
Last years bounty!
My daughter took this pic
Hello everyone! Its Friday and I’m going to link up to Farm girl Friday today, so be sure to go on over and visit.
Up here in the North, we are just not getting warm weather like we usually do this time of year. In fact it’s been rather cold as of late. I have a feeling we are not going to get the garden we hoped to, but rather then give up; we just switched the game plan. Potatoes, onions, peas, spinach, carrots, beets turnips and rhubarb are doing great. So we are planting more of those things and hoping the rest will grow too! (No chance of having corn knee high by the forth of July!) I’m going to can what ever I can get my hands on. Use what is growing, freeze, dry, and can it. It could be next year that your root crops don't produce as well. If you put up what you have now, you will have surplus for the next year. “Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do with out”
Our mini green house.
The plants growing good in the green house. Need to transplant this weekend.
Chives, they make me happy!
Kitty likes to sleep while I work in the raised beds. Too cute!
Orange Rhubarb Jam
Our family loves Rhubarb! It's a good thing too, living up north it grows well. We Freeze, can, make jam, pies, cookies, and quick breads with it. Fill up your larder with what you have!
