Two Women Farming

Thank you to all of you who have "liked" our page And for those of you who haven't yet, at least read our posts and give us a try. Our hope is to inspire you and other women to garden, farm, or just plant as a hobby, for fun or food and medicine. Why am I promoting women farmers? Women are natural farmers dating back thousands of years. Women are natural nurturers. At this time of many changes, environmentally and politically, women are taking the reins to make important c...hanges to the world. Women take the sick plant home from the home improvement center, tend to those plants that may be failing, why? We have hope in the world. Now I do want to shout out to the men nurturers! They are doing a great job in joining us to create change in the way we take care of the earth and more importantly how we change the way we eat. Many of us baby boomers ate poorly. Processed foods were the thing, fast foods and snacks became the mainstay instead of a once in a while treat. As we saw our parents die of heart disease and other diseases from high sugar and high-fat diets, we wanted something better and that often started with better foods for our kids. Women started breastfeeding again, feeding organic and staying away from "ingredients" in foods, making whole foods the center. What better way to create a better diet than growing it for yourself. Now you know where your food comes from. My parents always had a garden growing up. My Dad would make us part of the planting so that we were in when it came to eating it. Children will eat vegetables more often and readily if they had a hand in growing them. Mostly our name, "Two Women Farming" is because we are two women that happen to have a farm. We also know that we want to be part of a movement who have set out to improve the way we eat, here and in all parts of the world. Grow something today

The lone tulip. It is in the part of the middle garden we are working on. Have you ever looked inside a tulip? There are the stamen, pistil, style, and ovary. The style (yellow part in the middle) leads to the female egg cells, ovaries. Tulips possess both female and male flower parts. Interesting!

I kind of feel sorry for her. I know she enjoys her day basking out in the sun or under the blackberry bushes where it's cool. She has a lot of roommates, some she likes and others not so much. Sometimes though we have to know our worth. Laying eggs every day seems like drudgery, to me, but maybe it's what she does best and it's important. We think she and her other hen friends make great eggs. The shells are thick and hard, the yolks are orange and sometimes very dark or...ange due to the greens they eat. The yolks are the kind that makes great avocado and egg toasts, or over medium, the way I like them. Put 6 of them to make a Meyer lemon pound cake, it's heavenly. Caring for animals isn't just about feeding them and providing shelter although that is very important. It is also caring about their psychological state, not how I would like things, but how she would like things. You can tell when chickens are happy, they socialize, they hunt for bugs, and sit with that look on their face, like "it's all good". I like hanging with my chicks.

I am a swiss chard freak. I love it, it makes me feel healthy, and for good reason. Swiss chard is chock full of nutrients. A whopping dose of Vitamin K, next is Vitamin A, C, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, potassium, calcium, and phosphorus, and after that, it's like taking a B vitamin. In addition, red and yellow, rainbow stalks contain betalain pigments. These pigments inhibit inflammatory enzymes and scavenge free radicals. Great for people who have inflammatory ...conditions and whose bodies have a more difficult time getting rid of toxins. You can eat chard raw or cooked. I prefer it cooked. I blanch it, and store in the freezer in packets. I throw a frozen packet into the pressure cooker with soups and stews. I also used it in rice dishes, substitute for spinach in lasagne or just eat it with some melted butter and garlic (I know), but it tastes so good. See more

I love these little grape hyacinths. It's the kind of purple that takes you into spring. I found out today you can start them by seed, only it takes 2-3 years for them to bloom from seed. Good to know anyway, I will still try it. The best way is to dig the bulbs and spread them around the yard. I think I will put some of them in the middle garden to start the purpleness there also. There is not too much about the medicinal aspects of them, most articles start with "warning....bulbs are toxic". Well, don't eat the bulbs! I thought at least there would be some other medicinal or cosmetic uses. If anyone knows please feel free to comment below.