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Don’t leave your garden yet! Late fall and early winter is the time to plant some easy edibles, and scatter the sweeps of wildflowers that will be a delight come spring and summer. Tricia has winter…
Our gardens can shift so quickly from warm, late summer to chilly, rainy fall. To help you avoid the “oops, I forgot to ________” that afflicts all gardeners, here’s a checklist of garden…
Just a few steps will take you to your very own homemade goat cheese! Tricia milks goats and shows you how to prepare homemade goat cheese in our new video. Tricia milked Aurora and then they went for…
Add mixtures of herbs and spices to your homemade goat cheese, and create signature flavored goat cheeses for each season. In our new video on making goat cheese Tricia starts off by milking the goats…
The 2 minute video below explains why we at Peaceful Valley support Yes on 37, to label food that contains GMOs. * The California proposition is not a ban on GMOs, but it adds GMOs to the labeled ingredients—just…
In our video on making cider, Tricia shows how to crush apples with our crusher to create pomace, and then extract cider from the pomace. What to do with that leftover pomace, full of apple skins, pulp,…
Do you have a favorite apple? Would you like to make your own apple cider with your favorite apple as the only ingredient? Surprisingly, that would not taste very good. Create the best apple cider with…
If you’re deep into permaculture you know about hugelkultur. If hugelkultur makes you say, Who?, then say hello to an easy composting method. Hugelkultur (HOO-gull-cull-toor) is a German word for…
The giveaways are over, but you can find great garlic recipes and garlic growing info at the blogs listed below. Shallots too! Timing tips: * Best time to plant garlic? After the first frost…
Grow the Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativa) in a sunny spot in your garden—and harvest your own saffron in the fall! The saffron will be at its best if you harvest it the first day the flowers open.…
Why do we plant bulbs? So they’ll bloom! What makes bulbs bloom? Phosphorus. Phosphorus is the P in the N-P-K numbers on fertilizers. Phosphorus is a little bit sneaky though—and we’ll…
We can’t all go to the Netherlands in the springtime, but we can create smaller versions of the famous Dutch bulb gardens—even in one container. Layer different bulbs in one container, with…
Warm up your cold frame with help from your friendly neighborhood horse. Horse manure will raise the temperature in a cold frame, and our automatic vent openers will keep the cold frame from over-heating.…
