It’s Quiet. Too Quiet.

Okay, we realize we’ve been really lax IPB Living bloggers this summer (regular readers of IPB proper shouldn’t be surprised about this), but it’s not our fault. This has been the boringest summer of gardening ever. Here’s what our daily routine as gentlewoman farmers has been like:
1. Wake up.
2. Notice it’s raining.
3. Realize [...]

Winging It, CSA-Style

Okay, so having a share in a CSA is a wonderful thing, but sometimes you find yourself in a bit of a jam, where you have too many vegetables that need immediate attention.

Yesterday was one of those nights for me. I had two cubanelle peppers from last week that I wanted to prepare in [...]

Ice Cream Byproducts, In Cocktail Form

So we’re working on making ice cream this weekend, using the blackberries from the farm (a pint) and the raspberries we’ve picked off our own canes in the last few days (about a half a pint). To ready the berries to be put into ice cream, we stirred them with a bit of sugar, [...]

Today’s Garden

So here’s a look at what was going on in the gardens of Maple Hoo this afternoon.
First up, a view of the raspberry bramble out the mud room window in the “basement”.

We went outside with the camera in the early evening, when the sun’s low enough to make watering worthwhile, and also casting long shadows.

We [...]