Making Tea

I've been reading some about making tea from herbs, fruit and flower, so a few weeks ago, I started experimenting.  My favorite, so far, is a blend of store bought green tea and home grown and dried rose petals. 

We are also growing rosemary, lemon verbena, lavender and mint (the first three of which are pictured above.  I am hoping to create some blends from these and other herbs.

If you grow or mix your own tea, please share your tips in the comments.

Garden Update May 20, 2012

I was really hoping to do a better job of documenting my garden, but unfortunately, life has gotten in the way a bit.  This was my harvest from yesterday.  It includes a Black Krim tomato, 3 Roma tomatoes, 3 strawberries and my first zuchini 

Yummy Pickles!!

 My Pretty Pickles in my "Pickle Crock"

A friend pinned a link to a Claussen Pickle Knock Off recipe on Pinterst and I had to try it out.  I love pickles, but not always the ones you can find recipes for in all the canning and pickling books.  All I can say is these are so yummy!!  They are definitely my new favorite pickle!  Head over to Foodie With Family to fetch the recipe and check out the blog. 

One Big Goose Egg!

Someone was selling goose eggs at the farmer's market and my middle boy really wanted one.  I just love how excited my kids get over things like farm eggs and veggies.  Anyway, our middle son "A" could not wait to cook and eat this egg.  You can see how big it is compared to his 8 year old hand.  The yolk was as big as his palm.  When scrambled, it was the equivalent of approximately 3 chicken eggs.  He loved it and now he is trying to get my dad to get geese. 

First Tomato

It is small, but we were so excited!!  The first tomato of the year was picked this morning.  There are about 5 more that are starting to turn red and many, many more that are still green.  Yay for tomatoes!

Small Garden Harvest

This is today's harvest.  It will make a nice little lunch salad.  I love being able to pick our lunch right before we eat.

Garden Update

 Asparagus

 Blackberries

 Grapes

 Hibiscus

 Salad Mix

Strawberries

We live in town now with a very small yard, mostly  being occupied by a very large dog.  This leaves little room to garden.  Consequently. the garden is currently all in containers on the front patio.  Our yield thus far has been quite small, only a handful of strawberries and some lettuce, but everything is growing nicely and I have high hopes.

Our chickens moved to my Dad's farm and are doing well.  They are currently digging and fertilizing a 4X8 garden bed for my summer garden and laying eggs.