lessons learned: be love
On Friday, we promised the younger gardener-in-residence that we would take a trip up to Graveyard Fields on the Blue Ridge Parkway and pick blueberries. …
summer
nourish then flourish
I have recently joined a collective of artists, writers, and practitioners who trust in the therapeutic aspect of nature and creation. Each in our own …
lessons learned: hydrangeas and healing
Last night as I transplanted a hydrangea my mom gave me for Easter, this meditation came back to my heart. Thought I would repost it this …
feb 2017, dear cameron. . .
February 2017 Dear Cameron, I know you are busily approaching Spring 2017 with much excitement and anticipation of a full summer garden. You are dreaming …
healing
Some days when the scars in my soul remind me they are there, I go out into creation and just be with my God. I …
a story to tell
After I arrived home from work tonight, I journeyed my away around the gardens. It is amazing how an early afternoon shower then warm sun …
tomatoes: dehydrating or drying for summer year ’round
There is nothing I like more than throwing a handful of sundried tomatoes into a dish to add a bit of tangy punch and a …
Tagore’s A Moment’s Indulgence
This is the first opportunity I’ve made to sit and write for awhile. It’s like coming home to an old friend, actually. I’ve been missing …
lessons learned: grapes and intentionality
This morning, at our Celtic service, I preached on the next in the I Am series: I Am the True Vine. I was delighted that …
John Birch’s prayer for winter
There is a winter in all of our lives, a chill and darkness that makes us yearn for days that have gone or put our …
lessons learned: simple living
Living simply was something I experienced as a child but lost somewhere on the journey to adulthood. It included playing in the backyard, gardening with …
drying tomatoes for a taste of summer all year round
Last year, I came across some yellow roma tomatoes at the farmers’ market. I bought a bagful, dried them, and saved some seed. This year, …
growing grace farm’s honey citrus slaw
I love me a good fish taco. Seriously, I have tried fish tacos from the coast of SC to TX, and from FL all the …
lessons learned: grapes and intentionality
Several years ago, I decided I wanted to try my hand at grapes. As you may have read in previous posts, every year, I pick …
recipes: growing grace farm’s favorite tea blends
Even thought winter has ended, I am gearing up for a season of iced teas in mason jars out while lingering outside. For a quick …
recipes: winter weather, summer salad
My daughter’s school chorus sold citrus to raise money this season. We recently received our order and are overflowing in tangelos, oranges, and red grapefruit. …
freezing herbs for a taste of summer all year round
Every autumn, I make a lot of pesto with my sweet basil and put it up to freeze. This year, I’ll be freezing fresh basils …
end-of-summer rainbow salad
I posted this one last Labor Day weekend and came across it the other day. A great change I made to the recipe was marinating …
tomatoes: drying them for a little summer year ’round
This week, I came across some beautiful yellow and red drying tomatoes at the farmer’s market. Sadly, mine have given way to blight due to …
lessons learned: sun, rain, blight and balance
This farming season began in late January with Mason jars, soil, a sunny spot in the den, and hope. By mid spring, plants warmed their …
lessons learned: tomato cages and friendship
I’m reposting this one today as I’ve recently been meditating on the impact friendship has had on my life lately. ~Cameron Last night, a handful …
a southerner’s tale of her ginger peach jam
Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it. ~Alice Walker Once …
growing grace farm’s award winning zesty marinara recipe
Last year, I submitted blackberry and blueberry jams, my blue ribbon pickled okra, and spaghetti sauce in the NC Mountain State Fair. Though I had …
blueberry lavender jam: a taste of summer
So, I’ve had some requests for the blueberry lavender jam recipe I mentioned in the “we’re jammin’” blog post. Just a note for those who …
celebrate cinco de mayo: tex mex turkey burgers and fruit salsa
Will be reposting a few ideas from the homesteading and recipes sections over the next couple of days in prep for Cinco de Mayo. Muy …
a little bit of summer–tex mex turkey burgers and fruit salsa
Even as a committed locavore, I do get a hankerin’ for summer tropical fruits now and again. A Spring Break trip to DC also introduced …
recipes: winter weather, summer salad
While I love winter, I am completely over cold rainy weather. If this is going to be another winter without snow, then so be it. …
lessons learned: letting nature take its course
In the summer, I like to hang potted plants from my house. My kitchen faces the backside of our home so I typically have a …
lessons learned: hydrangeas and healing
We human beings are like plants. We need to be cared for in order to grow and thrive. It’s not always a perfect formula. In …
lessons learned: mint and gumption
This morning on my brief stroll to pick kale for the girls, I glanced around the veggie beds. How empty everything seems, even with greens …
judith a. lawrence’s autumn offering
Autumn Offering I shall be Autumn this Halloween, with leaf draped skirt, and folds of boysenberry velvet wine flowing to the ground. Brown stained face, …
feeling hot-hot-hot: harvesting the jalapeno peppers
When my jalapeno plants became so heavy with peppers that they keeled over, I knew it was time to harvest. With only 3 leggy bushes, …
growing grace farm’s award winning zesty marinara recipe
This year, I submitted blackberry and blueberry jams, my blue ribbon pickled okra, and spaghetti sauce in the NC Mountain State Fair. Though I had …
end-of-summer rainbow salad
As luck would have it, my folks invited me to a party at their house to celebrate the end of summer with all of their …
freezing herbs–a taste of summer all year long
My sweet mom bought me 4 plants of Thai basil back in May, and they have gone wild! Along with my regular sweet basil, I …