Scrambled Dregs ~~~~~~~ tidbits on life, food, faith, and writing.

Spent the afternoon at the organic farm. This year she added strawberry plants.   As we were picking the luscious beauties I decided that ...

A few weeks ago we had pears.  This week the theme is apples. Lots and lots of imperfect apples. During the pear blitz & and I ma...

Things you might overhear at an organic CSA pack. "Don't forget to grab all the discards you want from the pile." ...

The farm was pretty low key yesterday. We brought home fragrant basil, five pounds of heirloom tomatoes and a t-shirt kangaroo pocket full ...

First things first.... I'm going to practice blogging from my phone. Why? Good reasons... one of which is my computer's current ...

Teeny, tiny, teensy tomatoes...fingernail sized. Iowa's largest zucchini and tiniest pickling cucumber Fresh picked, bee-y...

Nothing crazy happened at the farm. No creepie-crawlie, shuddery encounters.  The vegetables were picked and ready to pack. The day w...

The weather cooperated enough that we were able to harvest sweet corn on Farm day. Yay. The tomatoes have gone slightly dormant with th...

You haven't seen bunny pictures in awhile. So here's a picture of Edward Screwy-ears. One ear droops the other does not. How cute...

Is a CSA (Community Sustained Agriculture or Community Supported Agriculture) for you? Good question. Most of the ones in our area are ha...

Farm day was a scorcher.  So, imagine how glad we were when we were assigned "just the pack, ma'am, just the pack." T...

Farm day was perfect. 78 degrees, sun, breeze and lots of help.  Toad Boy was at our house building a bunnie palace and & and I got...

Well, I thought I could fill your minds and thoughts with some rich "root" of meaning for a phrase I have become close with of...

Critters. nothing to do with critters. a salad named fresh garden salad. ha. ha. 1st handful of raspberries. AMAZING A f...

  After the first trip to the farm where we cut, washed, and sang the praises of the most amazing bounty we arrived to the parking lot wh...

Oh, perfect day at the farm.  Sunny, glorious. And we got out of there at a decent time so I had evening left in my day. Rob joine...