Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Root Cellar


With the harvest of our garden finished, here'a a photo of our stored food for the winter in our root cellar. A root cellar is one of the oldest and easiest ways to preserve fresh fruits and vegetables through the winter months in cold storage.  Our root cellar is an underground room used for preserving fruits and vegetables for several weeks or months. Shown hanging are cabbage and in the bags are potatoes, all root vegetables. Good eating this winter!

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Got Milkweed for Honeybees?

The milkweed is the host plant  for the monarch butterfly but milkweed is also a favorite bee plant. I was amazed to see honeybees, bumblebees, and butterflies all enjoying the nectar from the milkweed plants.