High Summer at Pie Cottage Everything is coming on strong in my little Pie Cottage garden and orchard. I have been enjoying eating and sharing kale, beets, strawberries, broccoli, and more. The tomatoes have been setting blossoms and I’m seeing their fruits plumping up on the vines. I have twelve plants this year and when […]
This Week in the Garden: June 10
I just came in from harvesting strawberries from the garden. I’m hoping to have 2-3 gallons to freeze this year. Rhubarb has been coming on for over a month and as long as I give it water I’ll continue to have stalks during the summer months. Today I’m rolling out some dough that I froze […]
Celebrations
I love celebrations as they give us a way to honor the passage of events in our lives both big and small. This morning I celebrate a new day. The moon is in the earth sign of Taurus and the farmers almanac says that it is a good day to plant root crops, so I […]
Garden Update and New Virtual Pie Making Workshops
Garden Update When the mercury gets above 70 on the thermometer in my little neck of the woods, it’s too hot for me. I truly am a hot-weather wuss, and have been known on occasion to turn on the AC, an unexpected bonus from the ductless heat pump that was installed 4 years ago, at […]