We’ve been scouring the web for a few days now trying to find out just how much stevia we would need to sweet a pitcher of iced tea or a cup of coffee…or how much we’d need for baking or whatever. We finally found the information on this website which offers the following table, recipes […]

Behind the barn on our property is a garden. Many people don’t even realize it’s there because you don’t see it at all and even when you are in the barn, it’s so dark you may not even notice the door in the back. Until last weekend, we couldn’t even see out the windows on […]

As I was pouring a bowl of cereal for myself this morning, I sprinkled a few dried cranberries on there and thought to myself, “I wonder if we can grow those in our yard?” At first the answer seemed to be a resounding “NO” because we don’t have a marsh in our backyard. Cranberries grown […]

As we have spent more time in the garden we became more aware of the way the sun hits the garden. The barn blocks a lot of the early light and the space right in front of the barn we originally wanted to use is very shady until late in the day. Another issue that […]

Yesterday we finally had some nice weather so we made the most of it and got the vines cleaned out of the garden and also set up the cold frame we bought on Saturday for our lettuce. This is the second thing we’ve planted so far (after the red gooseberry last weekend) and we’re quite […]