A Home for the Chickens

Back in March we got 6 adorable little chicks they have grown and are now currently living on our deck. Finally over the weekend we started building them some more permanent lodging. I looked at many coop designs for many months (check out my Coop Ideas Pinterest board) and finally decided on the Garden Coop. Continue Reading…

Moist Whole Wheat Carrot Honey Muffins

I have a ton of carrots from our CSA (not so many from our garden) and I’m always trying to do some thing new with them. So far this summer I’ve made meatloaf with carrots, carrot salads, roasted carrots and candied carrots but I haven’t baked them. To this end I came up with a…

Where Does Your Food Come From?

At dinner last night, as we were enjoying our grass-fed beef cheese steaks, the girls started discussing the importance of knowing exactly what your food is and where it comes from. As a family we try to source our food locally by doing things like joining CSAs and buying co-ops. Our beef last night was purchased through a buying club…

Super Simple Dessert – Strawberry Sunrise

Whip up this simple dessert in no time! The other night we had just finished dinner and the girls were asking for dessert. Looking around I realized we had some whipping cream, shortbread cookies I had baked the night before and some fresh strawberries from our CSA so in 15 minutes I had a lovely…

3 Ways to Eat Local and Organic for Less

A while back my husband and I made a commitment to ourselves to eat organic foods.  Initially we would purchase our organic produce from the local supermarket but that option wasn’t great because it was really expensive and since organic foods were more expensive they were purchased less and therefore not as fresh.  We then…

First CSA Pickup of 2010. aka Strawberries! Strawberries! Strawberries!

We had our first pickup at our CSA on Tuesday. For those of you that don’t know CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. You can visit Local Harvest for more information on CSAs and to locate one near you. Over the last 7 years we have been part of 3 different CSAs. This is its…

Potatoes and Rainbows

I had a wonderful opportunity the other day to go with a friend to harvest potatoes at her friends farm. The farmer was worried about late blight so he was pulling the potatoes early. As we were in the field cutting down the plants with the machete and clearing the row a huge storm blew…

Last Farm Pickup

Our last trip to the farm yesterday was uneventful and unceremoniously quick which is unusual. It has been a slow summer for the crops with the unseasonal heat, deer and lack of rain our share has been meek. The food is most certainly not the only reason we have joined our CSA though. Helping to…

First Farm Pickup

We had our first farm pickup yesterday and have had two wonderful meals since then. We received;1 boc choi1 red baby boc choi1 head of oad leaf lettuce1/2 bowl of arugula1 bowl masculine1 bunch of broccoli raab1 bunch of radishes3 sprigs of basil3/4 of a pint of snap peas (which we ate on our way…

Our CSA and weekly trip to the farm.

We decided this year to be part of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). What this means is that you purchase a share of a farm much like purchasing a share of a company. We go weekly to pick up our week’s share of produce, or half a share as the case may be. If the…