Gretchen Stuppy Carlson

 Today we finally got Cocoa his summer haircut!  After seeing animals sheared several times and shearing our own goats, I thought I knew what was coming, but this was a whole different ball of wax. We started off getting the llama in the barn and all brushed up. This morning Mariacher Shearing Services showed up […]

With the warmer weather, we’ve crossed over from spring to summer, and with it the summer harvest is almost on.  We’re just on the brink of harvesting so much from our gardens.  The zucchinis are almost ready, the berries are hanging green on the branches, green beans are flowering like crazy, and the onions are

We’ve had such a dry spell over the last week.  Perfect weather for playing outside, hitting the beach and hosting some 6 year old birthday parties for my twins, but it’s been a bit of a scramble to keep all the plants watered.  We’ve lost a lot of our first year strawberry plants and a

 The garden is at that lovely stage where some plants are starting to produce and get bigger by the day, yet it isn’t too late to fill in the gaps with seeds in time for them to grow this year.  Today I snuck in a few extra squash seeds between the corn and the edges

Isn’t this garden amazing!  Unfortunately I can’t take credit for it since my mom keeps this garden at my house, but I do get to look at it our my kitchen window!! My gardens are growing too, although I seem to by fighting a mint invasion on every side!  At least my biggest weed smells

 Ok – now that the gardens are starting to come in, I finally have a post full of green photos to share instead of just some dirt.  Already most of the seeds are starting to peak through the dirt, and the cold season crops are looking bigger by the day.  Of course there have been

We still don’t have all of our seeds in the ground, but we’re getting there.  With the wonky weather shifting from 85 degree days to 45 degree days, I’m not the only one who can’t decide if it’s summer!  The only plant that’s decided it’s ‘grow’ time is the crab grass and mint that’s taken

This week we’re starting to see more and more green popping up in the garden.  It’s the time of year when it almost seems to change hour to hour and I find myself wandering down to the garden all day to do even the smallest chore just for the pleasure of being around all that

 This week’s garden is growing ever so slowly.  But still, there’s green and life out there which is a vast improvement over a month ago.  No we’re starting to watch the weather for signs that the last frost is behind us, although it does seem a little early to be tempting fate and planting those