The garden teaches me about bugs.

I’ve always loved how the camera teaches awareness and now that I’m spending most of my time in the garden, I’ve been thrilled to learn about things I never thought I’d be interested in. Things like bugs, for example. After my troubles with Cabbage Loopers last year,  I became quite invested in learning more about the…

Beauty & Joy

If we do not permit the Earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food either. Joseph Wood Krutch *Wish I could take credit for growing this beauty!

Project Orange Thumb Tool Set: the arrival

The Amazing Heart Farm’s Fiskars tools  arrived on Friday! As recipients of Project Orange Thumb, we chose the cultivating tool set, a generous combination of: 4 garden tool sets, 4 big grip garden knifes, 5 bypass powergear pruners, 4 hardshell kangaroo containers, 6 premium cloth knee pads, 3 powergear bypass loppers, 6 garden shears, 4 steel compost/mulch forks, 4 garden rakes, 4 garden…

What a beautiful day…

   In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.  –   Margaret Atwood

Micro Greens

    Radish Purple Sango   As we’re gearing up for the beginning of our extended season, I’ve been experimenting with Micro Greens. Micro Greens are leafy veggies extended beyond the seedling stage to provide a colorful thicket of flavorful, nutrition-packed greens. Because Micro Greens contain higher levels of concentrated active compounds than found in…