Gardening, native plants, medicinal plants, edible plants.
In the past, I have not been a fan of letting grasses grow. I’ve been partial to a well-mowed field, but this year we’ve let our field grow a bit. The cool thing about letting things grow is you discover that you have treasures you never knew you had. To help the pollinator population, we…
This morning I took some extra time in nature to learn about our nature as human beings. My husband came in from working outside early this morning and suggested I go down to the cedar circle because there were lots of flowers in bloom and the temperature was a cool 79 degrees F. In the…
There’s nothing like homemade tomato basil soup with grilled cheese sandwiches! Make that tomato basil soup with fresh tomatoes and basil from the garden, and it’s amazing! Growing Tomatoes This year, we have the best tomato crop I’ve ever had. We got our tomato plants from various locations – many of them came from our…
My 4-year-old granddaughter and I threshed and winnowed wheat from our field together. We took the wheat from the spike all the way to banana bread. She was completely fascinated by the process.
My June experiment has been hand-harvesting and hand-processing winter wheat. The biggest lesson I learned is to make sure the wheat is dry. This video illustrates the process I used to hand-process winter wheat.
The Eat Your Yard, Edible Plant of the Day is Bee Balm, also known as Wild Bergamot herb. I don’t know about you, but when I hear the term bergamot, I think of the delicious orange-smelling essential oil. Bee Balm, or wild bergamot, does not smell like orange. It smells savory like thyme and is…
During the summer we grow basil and make pesto. When basil’s not in season, we have plenty of chickweed growing around our raised beds in winter and spring. So, I make this Chickweed Hemp Heart Pesto. We really enjoy it. It’s lighter in color and flavor than the basil pesto. About Chickweed Chickweed grows low…
Most of the time when people weed their gardens, they throw away the things they consider “weeds,” but many common weeds are actually edible and good for you! For example, the “weeds” in this video make a delicious sweet tea alternative that is healthier for you and good for allergies. In the video below, you’ll…
The edible plant of the day in my Eat Your Yard video series is violets. We have wild violets growing in various places on our property including our flower bed, in a pot, and in random places across our property. We use the violet’s heart-shaped green leaves in our salads as well as the purple…
The edible plant of the day in my Eat Your Yard video series is Creeping Charlie. Creeping Charlie grows like crazy in our yard and is an intense ground cover. It can be pretty, but it’s also invasive. We make the best of it by eating Creeping Charlie in salads or using it in teas….
