Zucchini Orange Bread

Zucchini Orange Bread

by | Sep 10, 2009 | Farm Blog, Farm Recipes

Even if you dislike zucchini, you’re sure to love this bread!  This is a wonderful way to use up some of your bumper crop of zucchini in summer and early autumn, or a way to use up those zucchini that grew too large.  The orange zest imparts a wonderful, and...
Santa Cruz Gartersnake

Santa Cruz Gartersnake

by | Sep 7, 2009 | Farm Blog, Flora and Fauna, Native Wildlife, Natives

This afternoon a Santa Cruz Gartersnake (Thamnophis atratus atratus) was found sunning itself in the middle of the driveway.  This particular species is a very common, and very welcome, inhabitant of the farm. We are surrounded by woodland and have two seasonal creeks...
Demise of ‘Big Orange’

Demise of ‘Big Orange’

by | Sep 7, 2009 | Farm Blog, Garden, Vegetables

While the vegetable garden area is being prepped this year, we’ve been growing our tomatoes in pots on our front deck.  As there is a railing around this deck, it is one of the few places here where our plants are safe from browsing deer, at least until the deer...
Meet Wally

Meet Wally

by | Sep 1, 2009 | Farm Blog

There’s this strange phenomenon that occurs when a seemingly small tree is cut down.  In early morning light, looking up at the top of the canopy of a small, scrubby, half-dead oak, one’s brain does something akin to new math.  Estimating the approximate...