Homegrown Homegoods

The garden is a little wild right now. Sun has been beating down

and our schedules have been full but amazingly, the garden just keeps giving.

Greens & Herbs

Veggies galore

This year we tried our first run at growing dried beans, like the ones you buy in bulk sections.

We planted a few plants of 8 varieties and they all did great. 

But man do I appreciate being able to buy beans in the bulk. It takes time to shuck each pod. 

The full mason jars of beans look beautiful though. 

We still have more to shuck.

Tomatoes have been abundant And we have been making homemade marinara sauce.

A freshly harvested veggie box for friends

Homemade Buckwheat Granola

Pickle and Ferment

Wholly fermenting! We have been changing over the garden and harvesting lots of beets and some carrots too. But with their abundance I have been thinking of fun ways to preserve and consume them.  I have been busy pickling and fermenting.  Tonight I made pickled carrots, beet kvass and hibiscus kombucha.

Earlier this week we pickled beets, fermented beets, made sauerkraut, bottled black tea-lemon ginger kombucha. So come visit and eat some delicious food with us!

A Quick Tahoe Trip

Hiking, good food and amazing friends, couldn't ask for anything more.

A Dinner Date with the Garden

 The sunflowers and poppies spread throughout the yard are 

volunteers, adding nice color throughout. 

The brassica family is doing well this season, despite San Diego
experiencing a rather warm winter.
Above is a romanesco broccoli and to the left is a white broccoli.

 

Check out the bee pollenating the sunflower

Garlic!!!

More seed starts for spring and summer harvests.

The dinner harvest

The cooked meal, so colorful.
Man we are so blessed!

Pumpkin Carving and Halloween Costume

The pumpkin carving group 2014

Bob Ross, Elliot and E.T. on Halloween Night

PS:look for Mexico pictures coming soon...

Hops, Harvests and Brews

 We grew our hops on bamboo poles 20 feet in the air, however as the hops

developed and increased in weight the plant started sliding down the pole.

Next year we will use a climbing surface with more grip.

We harvested about 2 pounds of hops for brewing and another half pound

that we dried for tea (off of just four plants).

Some of our squash harvest.

The hop harvest!!!!

Cascade and Centennial Hops

Adding wet hops to the boil.

Straining out the hops and filling the carboy.

Just the cutest hop ever. 

~THE TRI-HOP~

Garden Blooming

Mr. Pib's Farm Stand

There is so much food. Come eat!

Cucumbers, kale, green onions, poppy, chard, basil

Acorn Squash

Strawberries

Lettuce

Knee high by the 4th of July...Corn is already taller than Connor!

Hop Plants....they are growing sky high and have cones forming!