Gardening Archives

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Crystal

What’s Up Wednesday – April 21st

We are gearing up to start our farmers market season. We’ve been making lots of soap, cleaning up and reconfiguring our display… and getting excited for a really busy market season! We have been at South of the James through… Keep Reading

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Crystal

What’s Up Wednesday – April 15th

The garden has exploded this week and we are doing everything we can to keep up! The cabbages are getting huge and the broccoli is moving along. The turnip, beet, and radish sprouts are poking through the ground and starting… Keep Reading

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Crystal

What’s Up Wednesday – April 8th

We are in hyper drive around here. Making soap, making laundry detergent, caring for the farm, working in garden… It’s crazy!! We are preparing for Spring Bada-Bing and South of the James this week. If you’ve never been to one… Keep Reading

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Crystal

Garden Phase 2 – Soil Prep and Seed Starting

The garden is moving along! The huge expansion has been a difficult transition, time wise. Which is to be expected when you are growing on 5x more space than in years past. I am desperately trying to get the beds… Keep Reading

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Crystal

Gardening: Stage 1 – Planning

Our garden is going to be quite an undertaking this year. In the past we have filled 12 raised beds with plants, but it has never been enough to last us much past fall. We would have things like green… Keep Reading

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Crystal

365 Project – January

Have you been following our 365 project on Instagram (@Thefreckledfarm)? We have been posting at least one photo a day from the farm. If you aren’t following us you might want to consider it… come March there will be a… Keep Reading

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Crystal

What’s up Wednesday – 3/5

The girls are so close to having their babies! We are still two weeks from their due dates, but Hillary’s ligaments are disappearing, which is a sign that labor is on it’s way. Although, it doesn’t necessarily mean she won’t… Keep Reading

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Crystal

Seeds!

It’s one of my favorite times of year… when the seed catalogs start coming in the mail. The kids and I love looking through them. Not only is it excited to dream and plan for spring in the dead of… Keep Reading

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Crystal — 3 Comments

Getting to Know The Freckled Farm – Breckin

Want to know more about the farmers, animals, and buildings on The Freckled Farm? Over the next few months I will introduce you to a different part of The Freckled Farm every Friday. This week you have a chance to… Keep Reading

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Crystal — 2 Comments

Gardening Lessons I Have Learned This Year… so far

This was our first year of having a full garden on The Freckled Farm. The year that we bought the property we tried to plant one, but failed miserably. We went into the project with little knowledge about soil, plants,… Keep Reading