I woke up one morning with the realization that home made pasta was the most delicious thing I could imagine. I’ve been exploring the culinary arts for years now and couldn’t believe I’d never rolled my own pasta. After some quick research (and a quick trip to Sur la Table), I was the new owner [...]
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Well, upon further inspection of the boysenberry vine, we may have a rodent. At least this sure looks like the calling card of Mr. Mouse to me. Going to leave the cat out tonite and hope a rodent cadaver shows up on my door step in the morning. Don’t get upset, I did mention that [...]
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I suppose it’s time to update you on crop progress. We’re having a bountiful Summer with only a few pest problems. In fact, the biggest challenge in dealing with pests seems to be realizing we have a problem with them in the first place – “Hey, why is the boysenberry growing leafless shoots? Wait a [...]
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Our first composter was getting full. I’ve been impressed with how much organic material can be crammed into it. Fill it to the gills with lawn trimmings, bush clipping and leaves, wait a week or so and it’s be back to half full of dense brown dirt. Perfect – full of worms and god knows [...]
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I purposely did NOT do very much research in planting my garden. I just sort of purchased plants that sounded tasty or fun and then planted them willy-nilly. A month later I have a vibrant, booming little backyard farm on my hands. And then I bought a grape vine… I did not purchase a wine [...]
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I’m finding the dichotomy between being an clean, organic farmer and the primal urge to kill and maim small animals really, really funny. You see, one of the reasons I wanted to become a farmer is that I REALLY care where my food comes from. And I want my food clean, free of harmful pesticides, [...]
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A friend recently posted a photo of some fresh basil pesto he’d just made – and it looked delicious. I looked up at the gobs of overgrown basil plants in the garden and knew immediately what we were having for dinner. I quickly looked up a recipe and was surprised to see how easy and [...]
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I am really finding it hard to believe that we planted our garden less than three week ago. Yes, I planted most things from containers and not seeds, but they were the smaller containers (cheaper!) and even the things we’ve planted from seeds have exploded. We’ve already gotten two small yellow squash from this plant [...]
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Egad! There are WORMS in the mint! I’ve noticed that holes have begun appearing in the leaves of my mint and honestly I had no idea why. I scratched my head, looked for bugs and finding none, moved on to something else. Then I picked a bunch of mint while washing it found this little [...]
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I’m really digging this whole gardening thing. It’s so nice to find something new in your garden like this lovely squash blossom first thing in the morning. I home the patty pan behind it is tasty too.
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Farmer Brown is a 40-something sub-urbanite living the dream in Southern California.
Passionate about food, wine and all things outdoor, he embarked on a journey to reconnect with his inner farmer.