One of my favorite summer preservation projects is fresh salsa. There is nothing like the taste of fresh tomatoes, peppers, and onions that we grew ourselves in a perfect spicy medley! For years, I had made salsa with only Amish paste tomatoes, but I was starting to get overwhelmed by the abundance of cherry tomatoes…
Seed starting at home is a great way to save money whether you are planting a few container gardens for fresh eating or a large family garden dedicated to food preservation. Over the years, we have tried a lot of different seed-starting methods. Disposable plastic cups, peat pellet seed trays, dissolvable peat pots, natural luffa…
More than a year ago, I learned that natural luffa sponges are harvested from a plant! Maybe you believed a long time like I did that luffa sponges came from the ocean. I was absolutely floored that I could grow luffa gourds right at home! Right away I ordered enough seeds for myself and both…
Currently, Philip and I live in Central Florida which is garden zone 9A which experiences mild winters. In the past several years we have found that if we plant our garden early when there is still a chance of frost, we are much more successful with the garden. We do have to be very mindful…
As Philip and I get closer to making Kowalski Mountain our permanent home, we strive to prepare the homestead for the self-sufficient lifestyle that we are pursuing. Since grapes take about 3 years to bear fruit, now is the time to begin planting the homestead vineyard. Philip has been dabbling in grapes for several years. …
Spring is here and it’s time to get the 2022 Container Garden planted! Philip and I usually like to plant our garden in February to try and avoid the bugs but this year we just didn’t have time! We do risk dealing with frost, but it’s usually a gamble we take and for three years…
Here at the Florida house, we are in garden zone 9A. The last frost date is around March 6th. We like to plant our garden in February because we find that the bugs are much less of an issue when we start early. I thought I was proactive this year and did my first round…
As I have endeavored to improve the Kowalski Mountain website, I took a leap of faith and invested in a blogging course earlier this year. While I know I have a long way to go, I have learned so much and have worked so hard to improve our online presence at kowalskimountain.com. One of the greatest…
Our spring/summer garden has reached the end of its production, I picked the last few stragglers of tomatoes. As much as I hated to, it was time to pull most of the plants from the 2021 Container Garden. I did keep the last two pepper plants that are still producing. Even though it’s HOT here…
Welcome to the July 2021 Workcation series. The seventh and final post in the Workcation Series is a labor of love, we planted additional fruit trees on Kowalski Mountain. If you missed the overview post, about all the tasks we completed during our July Workcation you can find it here. I’ll link all the posts…
