I was a church kid who grew up going to Bible camp and youth group. I went to a Christian college and was married to a pastor’s kid. I’ve been a missionary and a Bible school teacher. I’ve led small groups and preached sermons. I even sang solos in church...
Asparagus is spring’s first vegetable, one of the few things on our dinner plate that we harvest from a perennial plant, meaning one that comes back from its own roots every year. Other spring vegetables, like lettuce and radishes, are quick-growing, cold tolerant...
The farm at Cedar Ridge is still lush and green with clover. But soon the clover will be plowed under to help bulk up the soil with organic matter. Planting a cover crop is an investment of time, money, and effort at the end of the farming season, when we are all...
The farm today is looking tired and dry. Our little half-acre plot has produced a ton of food (literally) and even the weeds seem to have now lost the energy to grow. Today we harvested 16 lbs of produce—a far cry from the triple-digit mid-week harvests of a...
Northern mockingbirds build their nests as low as three feet from the ground. Usually in trees, but on the Cedar Ridge farm, there is one tucked inside the cage of a large tomato plant. A couple of weeks ago we noticed four speckled blue eggs, which have now been...
The bugs have arrived: the yellow pinstriped Colorado potato beetles and their lumpy orange babies, as well as the clumsy iridescent green and copper Japanese beetles. Together they are skeletonizing the leaves of the eggplants, potatoes, and beans. So much digging...
