Double Up Farm

While I love elderberry syrup, it turns out not all children like it. My dental hygienist mentioned how her kids only liked the...

I started growing loofahs a few years ago - you know - loofahs. Those wonderful sponges you can buy for the shower. They grow like...

I am not actually saying it out loud, in case I jinx it, but I think....maybe....it might be Spring now instead of Winter. I like...

If you do something two years in a row, does that make it an annual event? This was the second year the Union County Master Gardeners...

I planted elderberries in 2013 - and became an immediate convert. They are glorious bushes, versatile, beautiful, hardy, and love...

~~~~Mornings are better when you have an entourage (and a copilot)~~~~ I admire efficiency. Like tidiness, it just makes me happy and...

Since 2009, I have been looking at greenhouses. After a few years, I cleared an area which we called "the future site of the greenhouse"....

When we first moved to the farm, we had a terrible time with weeds that came up every spring. Mowing them down didn't slow them, pulling...

The Union County Master Gardeners came to the farm for a field trip. I was not sure what to expect exactly, but it sounded like fun when...

I love planting things and watching them grow. I never consider myself a serious gardener, because I pretty much expect things to grow...

or something like that... Two years ago my older sister sent me some loofah sponges she had grown, and I was amazed. She graciously...

I am a list maker and a planner. Each day, I have a plan for what I am doing that day - gardening and livestock kick that plan in the...

May is a wonderful time in the garden - things are growing and every day is something new. I got to spend a few hours weeding this...

My friends and family have always called me The Spreadsheet Queen, and gardening is no exception! Mostly, I have to use a spreadsheet or...

It is too early to plant, I KNOW this (and learned it the hard way). But, we are having an unseasonably warm spell. And this morning, I...

Sometimes I wake up in the morning with so many ideas running through my head, I can't decide what I want to do first. Yesterday was...