1450 farm
Learning as we grow on our small farm in lfk
Tag: Garden
The Stalled Garden
How many of you have your gardens put in this season and are watching them explode with the promise of a bountiful summer? If you raised your hand, please know that I am extremely jealous. We have a lot of plants started under grow… Continue Reading “The Stalled Garden”
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
It’s been quite some time since I sat down to write a new blog post. I had a few written back in the winter of 2019 outlining what we had been doing on the farm and what our plans for the future were, but… Continue Reading “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”
Shannon’s Made-From-Scratch PIZZA SAUCE
You guys! This is my new FAVORITE pizza sauce. Shannon here, and I just want to share my new, delicious and homemade pizza sauce recipe made from our own home grown tomatoes (and onions and herbs). Its not a quick process so, make sure… Continue Reading “Shannon’s Made-From-Scratch PIZZA SAUCE”
Farming on the Side
As I’ve mentioned in past blog posts, Shannon and I both work full-time off-farm jobs. I spend my days running my own business and doing physical labor outside from March – December, while Shannon spends her days inside laboring mentally. Coming from the corporate… Continue Reading “Farming on the Side”
Easy Balsamic Summer Squash Pasta
We’re entering the time of year when gardeners and market farmers are about to be up to their ears in summer squash. If you’ve grown tired of it, you can go with the tried-and-true method of leaving a bag of the stuff on your… Continue Reading “Easy Balsamic Summer Squash Pasta”
Farming is Hard
If you follow the farm on Instagram (@1450farm), you’ll sometimes see Shannon post that farming is hard. It is. As I mention last week, we lost some turkeys in the brooder, and while they were just a few day old turkeys, it’s still not… Continue Reading “Farming is Hard”
Planting the Garden
Our poor garden has been put on the backburner this spring as we’ve tackled other projects, dealt with crummy weather, and juggled trying to work full-time jobs while raising two kids. We developed a pretty good garden plan over the winter and started hundreds… Continue Reading “Planting the Garden”
Spring To-Do List
Spring is a busy time of year in nature; grass is coming out of dormancy, buds are swelling on trees, and bugs materialize from seemingly every fissure of earth. No matter how hard we try to convince ourselves that Winter isn’t that bad, our… Continue Reading “Spring To-Do List”
Selecting Seeds to Grow in the Garden
If you’re like me, your local post office probably has to hire an extra mail carrier just to deliver all of the seed catalogs (and bee equipment catalogs, and hatchery catalogs, and farm equipment catalogs, etc.) that show up in your mailbox this time… Continue Reading “Selecting Seeds to Grow in the Garden”
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