broccoli

purple cabbage



Hi all,

We have been playing with miracles since April. You put something in earth, you water it, you give it warmth and perhaps love and a little green miracle grows before your eyes. Tend it long enough and you can get something truly magic.

I don't have time right now to deeply sink into what has been going on here on our growing farm, but I am grateful to be able to visit with some pictures and spend just this minute sharing some of this with you.

We have been working somewhat non-stop since Memorial Day digging, moving dirt, planting, watering, weeding, mulching feeding, etc. It has been a wonderful routine and we are very happy - please forgive our lack of calls and know we've been busy til dark most days and then trying to wrangle our little one into a bath or bed or both!

This has been amazing. I feel my own roots growing into the ground here in this patch of paradise. Anyone who knows me know these plants and chicks are my babies as much as the half-naked fairy who hides in the field and climbs the apple tree in front of my house. Well, it's probably not quite the same, but for most things it is.

in gratitude,
Emily


"the big garden" -- home to cabbage, carrots, cukes, onions, beets, peas, salad greens, broccoli, rainbow chard, baby collard greens, and eggplant.


the front of the house - side view sunflowers, cosmos and tomatoes...
the entry side of the house - kale, morning glories, and of course, tomatoes
our girls in their little home. I realized they had a good view the other day and tried to capture it!

baby hops coming up in the field.