Darcey Family Farm

09/09/2022

The elderberries are getting ripe!

Get five elderberry tea recipes for cold and flu, strong bones and healthy hair, protecting the heart and eyes, supporting digestion, and boosting the immune system.

05/18/2022

Thumbs up for our gardener-in-training! This little guy’s growing tomatoes, bell pepper, sunflower, green onion, and rosemary all in this little plot.

10/08/2020

Put your fall leaves to work to improve your soil. From The Old Farmer's Almanac

09/26/2020

Get five elderberry tea recipes for cold and flu, strong bones and healthy hair, protecting the heart and eyes, supporting digestion, and boosting the immune system.

09/16/2020

We’ve been engrossed in our newest endeavor: homeschooling. But we haven’t forgotten our garden. Don’t forget yours either!

Fall Is the Time to Improve Your Soil!

08/31/2020

Happy last day of August! I have some planning templates for y’all this week straight from my gardening journal. Hope you find them helpful!

08/17/2020

Broccoli is a nutritious cold weather plant. It’s so tasty fresh from the garden and can be grown in containers. Consider some for your garden this fall. Here’s some growing info.

How to Grow Broccoli: Broccoli grows in compost-rich, well-drained soil. Broccoli grows best where air temperatures range between 45° and 75°F.

08/03/2020

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.”
- Greek proverb

08/03/2020

Well, y’all, it’s the time of year to think about what you’re gonna do with what’s growing in your garden. This article’s got some good advice about drying and storing herbs. (You can even dry them in the microwave!)

If you're considering how to dry herbs at home -- or even whether it's worth the effort -- as a pro. Andrew Carmellini, the award-winning chef at New York

07/20/2020

We’re planning to grow a variety of lettuces this fall. They do well in containers, and many can regrow after you harvest the leaves. Here’s a bit about caring for lettuces.

Growing lettuce is an easy and inexpensive way to put fresh gourmet salad greens on the table. As a coolseason crop, lettuce grows well with the cool, moist weather available in spring and fall. Click this article for tips on how to grow lettuce plants in the garden.