Tag: the september home grown challenge

• The Last of September – What I learnt from the Challenge.

  For the last meal of the Home Grown September Challenge we had roast lamb slathered in a yogurt, lavender and garlic paste.  Roasted baby pumpkin, roasted beets, roasted shallots tossed in rosemary and hot butter and a huge green salad with an olive oil, cider vinegar and fresh rosemary dressing. All home grown. Today the…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 1, 2013

  Farming, Food, homesteading, Photography

  cows and flies, peahen flying, sunrise, the september home grown challenge

• Life is One Great Big Exciting Challenge

  The September Home Grown Challenge.   Yes, I am still eating off the farm and have decided that when I do this for a year (feed myself only from my own farm) it will be BOREDOM that gets to me in the end.  I do have food, but it is the same food over and…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  September 24, 2013

  Farming, Gardening, homesteading

  beetroot, farming, food photography, The kitchen’s garden, the september home grown challenge

• So, How Many Days are there in September?

  This piggie has cauliflower ears.. must be all that rugby out in the field. So, how many days  until the end of September? We have run into a problem I did not foresee.  We have eaten all the greens, there are no more tasty greens in the garden at the moment. The kale is decimated,…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  September 18, 2013

  Farming, Gardening, homesteading, Life, Photography

  animal photography, Blue Heeler, capsicums, celi, farming, potatoes, small scale farming, The kitchen’s garden, the september home grown challenge

• The Home Grown September Challenge is a Bliss-full Challenge.

  I began the September Home Grown Challenge  almost two weeks ago and with only one 24 hour break,  when I went to Chicago, I have been dining in on home grown fresh food.  We are streaming along. The food is glorious.   I do buy the raw milk that I would usually get from Daisy…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  September 13, 2013

  Bees, Farming, Gardening, homesteading

  clean fresh food, eating from the garden, gardens, sunflowers, the september home grown challenge

• In chronological order, some days are just like that

  It is dry now. Not unusual for September. So I am watering.  The first thing I do every morning is load the dehydrator and start the sauce. Oh and here is the link to the tomato sauce I am making today. It is from Tanya in Spain.  This is the one that Chg John makes too.…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  September 11, 2013

  Bees, Farming, Food, homesteading, Photography

  feeding bees sugar water, gardening, how to care for bees in the fall, sheep and chicks, steak pie, the september home grown challenge, watering the garden