Eating Local

by Wellington

Along with all of our garden produce, we've been trying to "Eat Local" as much as possible. So far we've made the following changes:Milk: from a local organic dairy, delivered in glass returnable bottlesHoney: from beehives just about a mile away, as the crow flies, purchased in my own reusable mason jarsVegetables: from our own garden - fresh, frozen, dried, cannedEggs: from a neighbor's chickensBeef: we just ordered a quarter of beef from a neighborBread: although I'm purchasing the flour, I' ...

Berries & Seedlings

by Garden-Wellington

The seedlings I've planted are coming along nicely, for the most part, and I'm busy making more plans and reading more tips to ensure better and more consistent harvest...fewer things at a time, planted in succession as much as possible.I'm a little concerned that the tomatoes have not all emerged, but they seem to be coming up at different times for each variety, so perhaps some varieties are just slower than others. I hope that's the only issue, and that there isn't some other problem. I'm a ...