Carrots are not supposed to grow in Oklahoma. The soil just isn’t very friendly towards them. In fact, when I filled out a recent market grower’s declaration form, “carrots” weren’t even listed as a crop. I was delighted then, to … Continue reading
…a post with the new gardener in mind. When I first started growing tomatoes, I thought a tomato was simply a red fruited vine that one planted in the summer. It wasn’t until I gained momentum and little bit more … Continue reading
Month six began with our first Farmer’s Market meeting. In addition to growing and selling wholesale to a local co-op; we decided to try our hand at the Farmer’s Market as well. We were encouraged. We had the opportunity to … Continue reading
While the official first day of summer is still some weeks away, Tax Day is the start of the warm weather growing season in our zone. In spite of a lingering winter and the warm weather taking it’s time to … Continue reading
February 15 is the official “start date” for the cool weather planting season in our zone, a season that lasts until about March 10 give or take a few. Since such vegetables as broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower don’t like to … Continue reading
A post written with the beginner gardener in mind. The holidays are over, the new year has started, now is a perfect time to think about gardening! Yes, it may still be in the dead of winter but this is … Continue reading
This post is Part 2 in a series about the first year on our homestead. Part 1 can be read here. Month 2 was an eventful month to say the least. Among other things we celebrated our first Christmas and … Continue reading
I tried to write this post as a sort of “Twelve Days of Christmas” ; requesting my true love for such things as twelve arborvitae trees (we need a windbreak), ten dairy goats for milking, FIVE TAA-TTLER Lids, and a … Continue reading
…a very brief and very simple look at composting. Meet my compost bin: She was unpacked a few weeks ago and placed under my kitchen sink. As I go about my work in the kitchen she collects odds and bits … Continue reading
I thought I’d start a series of monthly posts that would give a snapshot of the first year on our homestead. Sort of like Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book The First Four Years? This is the Black Fox Homestead’s answer to … Continue reading
Last year, on a whim I purchased a small packet of collard green seeds. It was late in the season but I started a few transplants anyway, then got busy, forgot about them, remembered them, and set them out into … Continue reading
…well not quite. But the autumnal equinox is fast approaching this week and here is a check list of things to do as you go about your garden: ~For all 6b zone gardeners: fall is a great time to plant … Continue reading
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I’ve mentioned it before but it is worth saying again ~ I have a seed fetish. Some women like shopping for shoes, hand bags, the like. I shop for seeds. I have been guilty of buying seeds that I don’t … Continue reading