Purple Top Heirloom Turnip
Purple Top Heirloom Turnip Brassica rapa Planting Depth: shallow-1/4″ below the soil’s surface Plant Spacing: 1 – 2 inches at sowing, thinned to 4 – …
1840 Farm Seed Exchange
This week, the day finally arrived and the 1840 Farm Seed Exchange began. In the next days and weeks, over 80 participants will be exchanging …
1840 Farm Seed Packet Template
As a gardener, I love to share our plants and seeds with gardening friends. I’ve been known to trade plants for other plants, or as …
1840 Farm Seed Exchange
The 1840 Farm Seed Exchange has been extended! Sign up before midnight on Monday, March 26, 2012! For the last two weeks, I’ve been deep …
Roasted Heirloom Tomato Tart
There are certain foods that scream summer to me. At the very top of the list is my beloved heirloom tomato. I long ago confessed …
New Post: A Lesson Learned from Hurricane Irene
Read my new post on the Community Chickens forum from the publishers of Mother Earth News and Grit Magazine: A Lesson Learned from Hurricane Irene
Nearly Wordless Wednesday – August 10, 2011
Heirloom tomato, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways starting with the first ripe Purple Calabash of 2011.
Why I Garden
Two words: heirloom tomatoes. I will freely admit to being giddy this morning. Why? I have spotted the first ripening heirloom tomatoes in our greenhouse. …
Raspberry Crumble Bars
We’re deep into raspberry season here at 1840 Farm. Every day for the past few weeks, we have found ourselves out in the raspberry patch …
A Dirty Job for Everyone
Life here at 1840 Farm can get pretty dirty. Spring has only been here for a few weeks, yet the never-ending trail of garden soil …
The Bucolic Plague
I’ve just finished reading The Bucolic Plague by Josh-Kilmer Purcell. I was sorry to turn the last page. I enjoyed it too much. I found myself laughing …
