Farm Journal | clearmorningprov

A Journal of Our

Homesteading Efforts and Insights

Oct 14, 2016

What Happening?

Now that our web page is up and running, we will be sharing all that's happening with us and the farm right here in the "Farm News"...

Aug 18, 2014

Our First Homegrown Peaches

Last year I chronicled our planting of a tiny backyard orchard. The peach trees bloomed their heads off this spring and were covered...

Aug 15, 2014

Making Blackberry Syrup & Herbal Teas

The blackberries have been plentiful this season. Yesterday I used the last of them to make two quarts (plus a little extra) of sweet,...

Jul 7, 2014

A First Try at Homemade Chevre - Love that Goat Cheese

Started this yesterday and finished the process this afternoon. Fresh, raw goat milk, chevre flavored with garlic, onion and...

Jul 2, 2014

Let the Canning Begin

These are our first canned green beans of the season along with our first, freshly-dug garden potatoes. The green beans s were picked...

Jun 23, 2014

Everything in It's Time - Eating What's in Season

We've eaten tons of asparagus, lettuce, carrots and strawberries. Sadly the asparagus are done for the year; the strawberries have...

Jun 14, 2014

American Guinea Hog Update

We have had the guinea hogs a month now. This morning I took them some strawberries and snapped a few pictures so I could have a record...

Jun 3, 2014

First Carrots of the Season

What a delight to pull and taste the first, oh-so-sweet carrots of the 2014 growing season. These carrots were planted inside one of the...

Jun 1, 2014

Breakfast From the Garden

So far this year, we have had a bountiful harvest of lettuce and asparagus. Now the strawberries are coming on strong. This morning we...

Nov 5, 2013

Little Apple Jelly Gems

They are so pretty and cute, but I forgot to splash vinegar into the water bath canner so I will have to clean off the mineral film from...