Just wanted to share some photos of a very productive weekend my hubby and I has on our little farm. We love living in the country, and are working towards becoming self sufficient as much as possible. We robbed the bee hives and got 50kg honey, harvested some coriander and 5 super large cabbages (they'll make great saurekraut) and visited other friends who graciously gave us a full box of coriander to make some yummy pickle. This is what life is all about, living in and sustaining ones self with nature.

Just love growing veggies from seed.

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by nonna57sdaughter1 01 Jul 2014

Me too!

Thank you for sharing these wonderful pictures.
Hugs, Lidia

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by nonna57sdaughter1 30 Jun 2014

Happy to Lidia 🐛

I have to grow mine from seedlings bought at the hardware store as my seeds never seem to germinate. But boy do the self sown ones grow like crazy. I found a 1/4 inch parsley plant (& a one inch plant too) while helping hubie undo some nuts & bolts on his bike. Yes, I was that close to the ground.
I picked the full grown parsley to go in my weekend salad and planted the seedlings in a spare spot in a tub. Yummy.
If we have to move before Christmas, I am going to miss all the lettuce & parsley & flowers that come up in the sand between the pavers.

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by nonna57sdaughter1 30 Jun 2014

A girl after my heart, helping hubby with bike! Hope you have more luck with your produce growing if/when you move....

DOH !!! We came up 1 week to early to share the harvest :( So keep us some honey. Are the signs still up on the bees. Would lv to see some pics. Hugs your dearest Mother x x

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by nonna57sdaughter1 30 Jun 2014

You did! Signs are still up yes, doing well. Will get picks next time we are down there. Have honey for you and dad already to go. xx

love it i did this a few years back and your own home grown stuff is a big thrill .
KEEP UP THE GOOD JOG Hugs Carolyn

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by nonna57sdaughter1 29 Jun 2014

Thanx Carolyn, we 💚 growing our own food! xx

Oh that is so great! I believe that all of us should be allowed to follow suit even in the city without immobile barriers. An invasive species of tree has mites that ate all my seed grown plants. every one has been attacked. I am so disappointed. the few I got from the nursery may put on fruit, so I will have tomatoes, broccoli, red peppers chive. I still have 1 out of 10 sweet onions! LOL! It is the picking cucumbers that I will miss. I am going to container gardening I think.

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by nonna57sdaughter1 29 Jun 2014

Sorry to hear about the mites cfidl, if you cut a milk container top off and place it over your seedlings, this might help? Good luck!

Don't you just love to see things grow ? That's why I love to grew herbs and plants. Only most of them are gone due to the hail we had few weeks ago. But I have bought already some new tomato plants. It is so nice live around you

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by nonna57sdaughter1 29 Jun 2014

We do zoefzoef. Everyday we check them and its a surprise to see little shoots arriving....sorry to hear about the hail, home grown tomatoes are the best, good luck!

What a harvest you have! Good for you on your endeavors. It looks like you have the beginnings of great success.

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by nonna57sdaughter1 29 Jun 2014

Thanx jrob, we feel very blessed to live where we do and be able to do these things! Most importantly, to share with our friends good food, good quilts and good laughs! X

We are working toward be as self sufficient as possible too. We still have a lot of work to get to growing our food though. We hope next year to be able to plant. Your goodies look and sound so yummy. Enjoy every bite.

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by nonna57sdaughter1 29 Jun 2014

Thanks 02kar, we have a saying in our house "Nature does not hurry....yet everything is accomplished". We love eating the food we grow, you can taste the love! Good luck with your garden and do post up when you are harvesting! Xx

My congratulations You guys are doing a fantastic job. There's nothing like eating veggies straight out of the garden. It takes a lot of work to live off the land but it's worth it/Lillian

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by nonna57sdaughter1 29 Jun 2014

It is hard work for sure Lillian, especially as we both work full time and long hours during the week, but the garden combined with some crafting, is so therapeutic! x

Looks like you have a great life. Growing your own produce is fun and good, you know exactly what you are getting

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by nonna57sdaughter1 29 Jun 2014

True asterixsew, and you also have a bit more respect for the food on your plate at the end of the day! Thanx 4
L👀KING!