Range Road Garden Farms

01/13/2025

A beautiful dinner via an executive chef.

01/09/2025

Are you thinking about starting some Basil in rockwool? A few pointers:
1. Remember to water your herbs seedlings from the bottom and drain well. That includes dampening the rockwool before seeding. Do not fertilizer. Your seedlings are trying to produce roots to thrive.
2. Despite a lot of advice online, do not push seed down into the rockwool. Rockwool has a higher water retention than other starter plugs. Your seeds may spoil due to overwetting.
3. Many seeds will germinate in less than 5 days. I recommend adding pH Down to your water as Rockwood tends to be a little acidic.
4. Propagation should complete in about 14 days, but don't transplant until the cotyledon leaves have been replaced with true leaves. You can tell. They are tiny versions of the plant's real leaves.
5. As the true leaves take over, the cotyledon may wilt and drop off.
6. When you have 2 to 3 true leaves and a couple inches of roots, it's time to transplant.

01/06/2025

Haven't made biscotti in years. Tea, coffee or Lemoncello?

01/06/2025

My new seeds just arrived from , from my home town of Halifax. More bedding plants.

01/04/2025

Love a pretty granny square? This colour collection reminds me of crocus and spring.

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01/04/2025

This one is carrot, asparagus, green onion and broccoli. Just veggies I had in the fridge. No cream, just a little butter and cream cheese. Cooked and pureed in the Vitamix with some of the cooking liquid. Added tortellini and salt & pepper to season. Pretty simple but super easy to do. You can make something like this with vegetables and pasta you can find at the market. While I'm promoting, the bowl is from the market too.

01/01/2025

As we roll into a new year, I trust you have exciting plans for the months ahead.

12/31/2024

Happy New Year!

12/25/2024

May your Christmas dinner be hail and hearty and create warm memories.

12/24/2024

Hoping you had a wonderful year and that 2025 will be the best yet!

12/22/2024

They're growing roughly a centimeter per day.

12/21/2024

Made your list? Checked it at least twice? Then we'll see you at the market soon.

12/18/2024

Watching for signs of green.

12/16/2024

We've gone solar. While our LEDs don't consume much power, we decided that it was a good thing to do. As you can see

12/15/2024

Thought about keeping this until Mother's Day but too beautiful not to share. To my 3 daughters, I feel the same about you.

BOY MOMS
Someone shared this with me and i knew i needed to share it with you. No truer words. Deep breath. Here we go.
You always hear about a girl’s daddy “giving his daughter away” on her wedding day. I had never thought much about the mommas and their sons. But y’all mommas give away something too. Something just as precious. Something I knew I would never get back.
I gave away being the one he hugs and kisses
I gave away being the one he looks for in a crowd
I gave away being the first person he turns to when things get tough
I gave away being the one he makes laugh in the middle of day
I gave away being his number one girl
I gave away a piece of my heart
I gave away my son
Deep down I know he will always love me but I also know he loves her more. He loves her more than his momma and that’s ok. That’s how I knew he had found the one. But isn’t that what we want? We want them to marry a girl who they will put first even if it means we become second.
Mommas,
Love him while you are still first
Kiss his sweet baby face and linger in those lanky teenage hugs
Drive him to school even when he is grumpy and doesn’t say a word to you
Listen when he needs to vent and blow off steam
Love on his friends
Bring the motrin to school for the 100 thousandth time. He may have a headache OR he may just want to get out of class and chat with you for a minute.
Sit next to his hospital bed even though he screwed up
Soak up every minute under those Friday night lights.
Love him, forgive him and forgive yourself for the things you didn’t get right
Because one day, you will give him away....
You will stand and watch him give his heart to the love of his life. You will dance and he will say the sweetest things about who he has become because of you. He will hug you tight and it will feel a little bit like a goodbye. You will become his second best girl and it will be so dang HARD.
Author: Alyssa Becnel

12/15/2024

And Hunter ties it up!

12/14/2024

For the foodie, gifts for that someone who has everything.

12/08/2024

Just makes me wish for ponies and sleighs through the snow.