The 7th reason to become food independent is that you can teach others! If you give a child a carrot they will eat for one day if you teach a child to garden they will eat for a lifetime.

What’s the buzz – The excitement for the growing season continues as the seeds grow into seedlings and then into small plants.

In a well planned garden, finding out which zone you live in to determine your last average frost date is key to your gardening success.

Our visitors are wondering when will their seedlings freeze. I have put together a helpful guide to help you determine your zone.

The farm will grow over 3000 meat chickens this year on our back 10 acres of grass. They will put down over 5000 pounds of organic fertilizer on the grass pasture this year.

Lambing has started. 100 lambs coming this Spring, depending on whether we birth twin or triplet. It is a very exciting time of the year!

What is green, crunchy and ripening right now? We are so excited to see the first cucumber of the year! We have been attentively caring for the plants anticipating an early production.

First tomato harvest is the earliest that I have ever harvested a tomato in the spring!

What’s the tomato challenge? We are waiting for the first tomatoes to turn red. The time between the first flower and the first ripe tomato is a long wait.

I will be sharing my expertise on How to Set-Up your Greenhouse for Success along with 36 other garden experts at Marjory Wildcraft’s 3rd annual Home Grown Food Summit!