This is our most popular herb sold in bunches for $3.50. Each bunch usually has flowers, berries and both kinds of leaves, lacy and flat. Cilantro is an herb with wide delicate lacy green leaves and a pungent flavor. The seed of the cilantro plant is known as coriander. Although cilantro and coriander come from … [Read more…]
I am just having too much fun with this! I go out to my garden early in the dewy morn, and put together what looks and tastes good for my customers. You know I must love you all, because I am out there at 8am tasting each kind of greens to make sure it is … [Read more…]
If you grow veggies, you will sooner or later have bug problems. Bugs know good food when they see it! Old timers just go out and dust with Sevin or Carbaryl. Read this! (http://foodtruthfreedom.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/sevin-dust-is-not-your-garden-friend/) It is much easier to mass kill all the bugs. But to me, it’s not worth growing my own food if … [Read more…]
We just came back from a visit to Southern California. A gorgeous place to be sure. One thing that amazed me..barely any bugs! You can really keep your door open and the warm, dry jasmine scented breezes just flow through. It truly is nice place to live. Then I came home. Home. Humidity. Bugs. Yeah, … [Read more…]
We farm girls get together once a month to have lunch at the gorgeous and serene… Dodson’s Promised Land Farm to visit and pray for each other’s farm businesses. It is a very sweet time where we share ideas and encourage one another. I love hosting the lunch and making some crazy different recipe that … [Read more…]
Yogurt is on our list of staple foods at Dodson’s Promised Land Farm. The benefits to the gut are indisputable. Yogurt is also simple and easy to make at home. So it’s a no-brainer that we make it with our super creamy Jersey milk. I could do this in my sleep! You place the milk … [Read more…]
My crazy obsession to all things homemade started with canning garden produce, progressed to whole wheat bread, then into the amazing world of dairy. Once you taste, you have a hard time settling for store bought. Homemade just seems to fill this deep need inside and leaves you feeling so very pioneer woman, and content … [Read more…]
On a blustery Saturday in March, eight friends ventured out to the Maryland countryside to gather at the PLF for a felting class. We combined the class with a tea luncheon, complete with homemade goodies right off the farm. Our herb tea collection was on display and as each lady arrived, they were invited to … [Read more…]
I have been gifted by God with the awesome ability to grow things..garden veggies, herbs, livestock AND these sweet little chis. I love it. But is not the worker worth her wages? These pups are worth their price! You really do get what you pay for with breeders. The is the philosophy of breeding chihuahuas … [Read more…]
I was reading an article about lard at http://thepromiselandfarm.org/ and was inspired to keep on the path that God started many years ago. Back then, in an effort to feed my family right, I was bit with some kind of bug that caused an insatiable desire to read about health issues. This put me on a long … [Read more…]