The Dead of Winter
Sounds good to me: “I don’t have time to garden well. I garden anyway. Gardening is one of those activities like caring for children or learning about the past that rewards you... Read More
We have Broccoli!
I never thought I’d see it! We have about a dozen broccoli and cauliflowers forming. As you can see the leaves are getting eaten up. I’ve picked off a good number of... Read More
The first fruits of …
Lack of labor? I haven’t been out to the garden much recently – I’m swamped with my other jobs. Chris has been spending a few days a week out there, but the... Read More
So, you want to grow vegetables?
These last four days have been frustrating, exciting, skeptical, frantic, depressing, energetic, and hopeful. I told Chris that when we were done with this year he would be prepared to write a... Read More
Lower Your Expectations
There hasn’t been time to properly plan or prepare for our big garden. I am graduating from college this weekend and need to study more yet. The other day I found a... Read More
Listening in at a local hardware store
(picture of dandelions here) So I had to pick up some fuses at one of the hardware stores in town because we blew through all ours again and I picked up a... Read More
Old Post I Never Published
This was from last summer. I never did complete what I was going to do here: i know all our readers have been clamoring for another one of my posts. in between... Read More
Market Gardening
We have been hinting at what’s going on with VEGarden this summer… here’s the plan: This summer, our garden is moving to a 2/3 acre plot 15 minutes out of town. We... Read More
Big News Soon!
That is an illustration of the kind of delicious organic produce Easy Bean Farm can provide to you every week. We’ll do an official post about our upcoming business venture soon. In... Read More
Empty Garden (well, almost)
The season is over, and now we need to do some gardening clean-up. After scooping the composting manure out of the back of my truck, we’re going to have to do some... Read More
The Season Begins
We woke up yesterday morning to a dusting of snow on the ground, which melted and returned throughout the day. The snowfall is pretty light, but it’s been steady since at least... Read More