Abundance Acres Family Farm & Homestead
Family farm and homestead, reigniting the love for self-grown goods.
These sweeties are a delight to the eyes and nose 😍
Ranunculus are officially available! 😍🥰
“Joyful, Joyful
Lord, we adore Thee
God of glory
Lord of love
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee
Hail Thee as the sun above”
Merry Christmas to all!
Just because it’s not posted, doesn’t mean some beautiful things aren’t happening ❤️☀️
This may look like an ugly clump of dirt and dead plants but washed and trimmed will multiply into what looks like maybe a dozen more dahlia plants next summer. Hence my big grin.
And there are at least 20 of these multiplying clumps!
This sweet break here has been nice. But something is always growing underneath the soil at our farm ☀️
It just takes time 🫶🏼
FOMO. It’s a fear of missing out but it’s also one of the greatest lies meant to trap us internally in a swirling prison of our own making.
I certainly don’t say this by learning overnight this principle. This is the result of many random moments of tears and heart ache over many years as an adult woman.
As the seasons come and go, sometimes things are left behind, either with a sigh of relief, or with a tight grip refusing to let go.
And while I don’t have this figured out perfectly, one thing I have learned is I have the power to step forward and be thankful in each season
Just as the Strawberries bloom, ripen, and are picked for it’s purpose, I can hold that each season of life has a beautiful taste of its own, too.
Yes, while our you-pick flowers was a short-lived business adventure, the seeds have spread like “wildflowers”. And my heart is bursting with joy watching others as they take their dreams to grow flowers right where they are at.
While I see all the posts of flowers being grown, I do not feel hint of sadness of missing out on what we had before. I feel a heart of joy, knowing that the seeds have spread in its season.
Wherever your season is, I am so excited for you! I do not want to be trapped in thinking of myself, but I want to celebrate you. Let this be our FOMO-busting mantra. Let us celebrate one another and their adventures. And if there’s an even a twinge of feeling like you were missing out, taste the strawberry that’s right in front of you and remember that it’s delicious.
These are some of the newest laying speckled beauties around here. It’s like a treasure hunt each day!
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See? The sun came. Spring is coming while the flood waters reside. Aside from a stormy tree mess here at the farm it’s as if I had forgotten all about it.
The hens are laying again, meat birds are being ordered, and the spring flowers are leafing out of the ground.
And I finally got my cilantro to germinate! 😂
I can’t help but be grateful and confess where I had little faith. Spring sure is my favorite season coming.
Spring always comes. But for now, it’s winter. Winter is where the growth is tested, where cracks are seen, where uprooting needs to happen, and where the foundation for a new season is formed.
It’s not just looking on the bright side that gets the garden through the storm, it’s embracing the lessons of the hard stuff and seeing a great purpose in it.
Farming has taught me a lot by observing the seasons: they each need and feed each other. Each spring I’m amazed at how things survive with little intervention even though I felt the need to step in (and sometimes I do need to - like putting a brick on top of my hive cover).
Hang in there, storm tossed pilgrims. If you’re struggling, it won’t be long.
This weather in Northern CA has been a rough for everyone. Last night was a wild wind night with 70mph gusts which made the trees dances and power poles fall. In the morning while accessing the damage and immediate needs I noticed my hive too has blown off, my spare hive had scattered everywhere in flooding and mud, and my bees had absconded. My best guess is the terrible weather and rain after the lid flew off must have driven them away.
We will try again.
After a lot of sickness in our home, I am taking cues from the garden that I need more of these vitamin-packed greens and goodies.
Everything comes in its own season.
The forced rest was good for our hearts in service to one another, binding us as a family more.
The storms keep us in and reminds us of the power and provision of the Lord through weather, a force we cannot control.
Winter is still here and the temptation is to wish it away. I say, let it grow us as well as our garden. Let me take cues from what is grown. Let’s hold our marriage and motherhood tighter. Nurturing starts at home.
This will make a beautiful salad and roasted broccoli later today. Calendula petals and viola flowers are a fun and edible garnish for any dish. The kids seems to have fun with it, too.
Every season is beautiful ❤️
Don’t toss your old pumpkins!
A lot of varieties are great for roasting, scooping into a pot to purée, and freeze to use for pumpkin pie, pasta sauce, baking, and giving as gifts!
Some of the pretty ones are the yummiest. Like the minty green Jarrahdale!
Just cut into halve or quarters, scoop out the strings and seeds, and bake at 400 degree for 45-60 minute. Let it cool and scoop into a pot.
Usually I dump the excess liquid that pools up in the pumpkin so I don’t usually need to reduce the liquid down at all. I use an immersion blender and freeze in my favorite containers (link in story!)
It’s officially fall weather here in zone 9b and the flower garden is going to seed and being gathered in a whole new way. I have a small handful of hand-pollinated seed heads here that I am excited to see next year!
After a cold and rainy day yesterday, I’m reminded just how beautiful and fresh everything is the day after.
There are still some beautiful goodies out there like these two I found this morning.
But it won’t be long before frost takes the dahlias. The forecast says we will dip into the low 30s here this Friday morning and my guess is that will be the end of them and the zinnia.
Flowers sure have a way of being breathtaking.
Yet, for a moment longer they go through their cycle and die into the ground. So why focus only on the beauty of their bloom?
These beauties will feed the bees, shine toward the sun, then expend its final breath into producing seeds.
When we live only excited about the beauty of the bloom, it’s hard to find beauty in the process and energy of the faithful investment of time. If I were only excited about this moment, I would be chasing the blooms and deflate when they pass.
Yet, there is beauty in the dead flower: the seeds. There is excitement in the laborious tilling: prolific, healthy plants. There is hope in the future. Not only will there be one plant from it’s seeds, but this bloom will give me over 10 seeds for even more if I planted them next year.
Friends, there is more than just the moments of beauty. There is hope in the work, there is joy to come from suffering, and there is strength to procure from the cycles of life. The blooms only enhance the beauty of it all.
Flowers, dried florals, and pumpkins oh my!
We will be at Saturday only 10-3pm selling as much of our beautiful abundance as possible!
Thank you for all your support this year as we wrap up our business and transition to a slower-paced family homestead.
Pumpkin time! It’s cooling down here and it’s reinvigorating us to get outside and breathe in the new air just in time for fall crop planting! Fall and winter gardens are my favorite around here in zone 9b: broccoli, cauliflower, kale, shallots, onions, garlic, spinach, lettuce, broccolini, celery, cilantro, carrots, beets, and cabbage are all on the list. Even if you picked one of these to try this year, I bet you’ll love it, too!
The roses are loving life right now and exploding here in the garden. They make my whole room smell delicious! Do you love these colors?
Open u-pick today 7-10! Bring a bucket and snips or use ours * 13150 Borden Rd
If only I could make 22.5 pound watermelons on purpose! This bonus grew from a watermelon that broke open and rotted into the ground last year. So, if your bummed about a dropped and rotted harvest, remember that nothing is ever wasted in the garden.
It’s a beautiful overcast day here (but sunny in town?) so far which makes for a pleasant morning of chores.
There are still some quick-to-mature seeds I am getting into the ground like cucumbers, corn, cosmos, zinnia, and sunflowers. But also, it’s time to get other things planned out for the fall and winter. Garlic and onions are on the list again and I hope to triple the yield this time as they store incredibly well.
What are you planning and planting?
$20 a bucket full u-pick this Saturday only 8-10am! We have everything you need. Just come ☀️ 13150 Borden Road
Mom, look! This corn is so pretty! - Brooklyn, 5
Fresh salsa verde in the fridge today!
Clean and wash tomatillos well.
Cover with water until covering.
Add jalapeños with tops cut off, and remove heat sources (the pith and ribs) as desired.
Heat on medium until tomatillos change to an olive green.
Drain, let cool, and add to blender.
Add a handful of cilantro, salt, pepper, and garlic.
Blend until smooth and enjoy!
The harvest is always beautiful
Nothing like a full of blooms! Things are starting to go crazy over here so you can expect a lot of pop up sales from here until the plants get tired. The dahlias are absolutely gorgeous - just got the first few from our Apple Blossom tubers 🤩🌻
Check my stories often to see when you can swing by and grab a handful!
These frilly just take happy to a whole new level! 🌻🤩
Hello there little pumpkin. I know it’s early but I just wanted a little glimpse of the season to come ☀️ it makes the 100 degree weeks seem a little happier.
Every year I tend to have an abundance of peppers and planning them into my meal schedule is a challenge.
So what can I do to combine a large number of various peppers together to one thing?
Hot sauce!
Fill a jar of top-off, halved peppers, cover in a warm salt water brine, add some garlic cloves, and cover with a lid and cheesecloth (or I like to use coffee filters sometimes, too).
Let it ferment for 5-7 days.
Follow along to see what recipe I use!
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