food – Page 3 – Lisa Ledbetter

Seed starting indoors or outdoors?

This week, I’m continuing with my 2025 garden plans. I have received many seeds from my seed exchange group and some of these seeds should be started indoors in my zone, 7b. This was not something I was expecting and it is a bit of work to set up. I have limited indoor space soContinue reading “Seed starting indoors or outdoors?”

Many mushrooms after the rain ☔

I returned to the farm on Friday and did some more planting. Due to joining the seed exchange, I ended up with many seeds to plant indeed. I decided to go ahead and sow the ones that needed cold stratification now and let nature take care of that. Hopefully it will be a good decisionContinue reading “Many mushrooms after the rain ☔”

Surprise sweet potato harvest

This past Saturday, we visited the farm to do some work. I did a little winter sowing of white yarrow and shungiku. I ordered these from a site called freeheirloomseeds.org. I also ordered the wildflower seeds I planted a few weeks ago from a small Etsy shop called Bloom and Haul. I like to supportContinue reading “Surprise sweet potato harvest”

Gratitude

This week, I was reminded by the Thanksgiving holiday of all the things I have to be grateful for. I am grateful for my family and boyfriend, a warm bed, good food and water, my cat, freedom, and so many more things. I find that when I think about what I am happy to haveContinue reading “Gratitude”

Growing herbs

This week, I will talk about the herbs I grew this year and how I use them. I am still working through the pumpkins and this week plan to make pumpkin cheesecake and pumpkin bread. I also have harvested some rosemary, purple basil, thyme, and oregano from my garden in zone 7b. I like rosemaryContinue reading “Growing herbs”

Pumpkin recipes

I planted my fall bulbs yesterday and it was quite a workout. I exchanged the Paperwhites for tulips and was happy to get them on clearance. Next year, I will wait later to buy tulips and daffodils. I was unable to get a lycoris, they were sold out. I guess the specialty bulbs sell outContinue reading “Pumpkin recipes”