Red Thumb Fingerlings. Ok, for starters, whoever named these potatoes probably shouldn’t quit their day job. It does no service to these divine little tater morsels. It’s our first time growing this potato variety and I will never NOT grow … Continue reading Why Did the Potato Cross the Road?
Nope, not a typo. As the season plays out, the Honeywwoofer Homestead has been revealing its hand of garden pests. The worst has been flea beetles and wire worms. Flea beetles eat holes in their favorite greens, and wireworms make … Continue reading Predatory Nematodes
When Will and I were WWOOFing in 2015, we volunteered from the middle to the end of the outdoor growing season. Now as we fire up our first official market garden efforts on the Honeywwoofer Homestead, I have found myself … Continue reading Marathon May
Spring has sprung on the Honeywwoofer Homestead! With our house renovations wrapping up (finally), a new whirlwind has begun. It’s planting season people! Which means I got to play with our new toy- an Earthway Precision Seeder. Coming in at … Continue reading Don’t Do the Funky Carrot
Do you have the itch? That itchy kind of itch? That itch that begins mid January and grows with itchiness until gardening season? Maybe you have started flipping through seed catalogues. Maybe, like me, you panic bought in December. Maybe … Continue reading An Itchy Kind of Itchy
***Directions to grow sprouts at the bottom of the post. *** With the second wave of COVID19 on our doorstep worrying discussions have resumed around what will happen to livestock feed prices and availability (you thought I was going to … Continue reading Quack Snacks
According to the online Atlantic gardening forums I follow, everyone in Nova Scotia is planting their garlic this weekend. I have been waiting for the go-ahead since I accidentally planted some other fall seeds too early and they have already … Continue reading Vampire Insurance
Interesting fact, I don’t like vegetables that much. There are probably more vegetables I don’t like than I do and its not for lack of trying (contrary to what my parents thought growing up). For example, some vegetables don’t like … Continue reading Kool Kohlrabi and Fartichokes
“Aren’t you a little old to be making forts?” our electrician yelled out the window. Haha-never! We were in fact making a fort, of sorts. An herbal fortress. A veggie castle. Or more accurately, a permanent raised bed which will … Continue reading Fort Thyme
Early in our relationship Will told me he liked to do puzzles. To be fair he never specified what kind of puzzles. Over the years he has been gifted, by me: a box of wire shelving from the Salvation Army … Continue reading Handyman Special
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