This thick and hearty soup is comforting, delicious, and packed with vitamins and antioxidants. Sweet potatoes are so great for your body because they are a natural anti-inflammatory as well as being a complex carbohydrate which is better for managing blood sugar. When you need something warm and savory in your belly on a cold day, this is a fantastic option. With its layers of sweet potato, carrots, and onion and subtle cumin flavor with a hint of sweet, you may want to make

Everyone loves the comfort of noodle soup, but how can you make this bowl sodium filled carbs a little healthier? We add a little protein and a bit of veggies from the garden to give this bowl of comfort a little more crunch and a lot more nutrients. Ingredients: 1 package roast chicken Noodle soup 1 turnips washed, quartered and sliced 6 baby carrots sliced thin 1/2 cup sliced green onion 1/2 cup peanuts 1 hard boiled egg Directions: Bring 2 cups water to a boil in a small p

How do you make your own seed tape? What is the slurry method for planting and how do you use it? Carrots. I love them, I hate to grow them. Why? Because they are the hardest seeds for me to germinate. This year I tried both methods of seed starting for carrots: creating my own seed tape and the slurry method. What makes carrots difficult to grow? The seeds are small and difficult to space and the long germination time. It takes carrots on average 2-3 weeks to germinate. This

Here in New England, we had a "dusting" of snow that was nearly half a foot right before Thanksgiving. We discussed harvesting the root vegetables then, but I (always trying to extend our growing season) said let's wait. Because they can take it and some veggies are said to be sweeter after a frost. Then came the ground freeze. Yikes! We've had about a week of thaw with temps starting to dip back down tonight, and you can imagine my grand plan as I was driving home: harvest n

While Farmer Mike and I are not posting as much video content as we would like, the Homestead is anything but quiet! Tomatoes are ripening. Hydroponics are humming. Flowers are buzzing... quite literally! I walked by some squash flowers today and they had 3 happy little bumblebees drunk on pollen wallowing around in there. I think if you listened closely enough you could even hear the pumpkins growing! Harvest season is in full swing and Farmer Mike and I are at our busiest m