• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Happily Homegrown

Happily Homegrown

Homemaking & Homeschooling on Our Half-Acre Farmette

  • Homemaking
  • Homesteading
  • Homeschooling
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
    • Disclosure
    • Pennsylvania Homeschool Evaluations
  • Homeschool Evaluations
  • Bucks County Homeschool Prom

organic

Peas are one of the earliest spring vegetables. They are easy to grow, and now is the perfect time to get them in the ground!

How to Grow Peas

Originally published March 2016 Peas are one of my all time favorite spring vegetables.  This year, I am growing 2 varieties of shell peas and 1 variety of snow peas.  I start all of my pea plants from seed, and plant directly in the garden.  They are extremely easy to grow, and even do well in hanging …

Read moreHow to Grow Peas
This month, our challenge focuses on salt preserving. After considering a handful of options, I decided to try my hand at this homemade vegetable soup base.

Vegetable Soup Base

I am really enjoying the monthly projects during the Food In Jars Mastery Challenge!  This month our focus was supposed to be on salt preserving a fruit or vegetable.  I have made preserved lemons before, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to try something new.  I wanted to cure olives, but they …

Read moreVegetable Soup Base
April is when everything comes back to life in the garden! Its time to plant more outside, and get ready for the warmer days of late spring.

April In The Garden

Even though Mother Nature has been super confused with the crazy weather lately, our garden is thriving!  The cold temps and the snow didn’t cause us any problems with the fruit trees nor with the veggies that are already growing.   Our salad garden is thriving.  While I have several lettuce and spinach transplants that …

Read moreApril In The Garden
Even though its March, the warm weather has me in my garden. Some flowers and many vegetables can handle the cooler temps & even a frost.

Garden Weather & What We Planted Today

Garden Weather & What We Planted Today Today, we hit a high around 75° – for March 8, in eastern Pennsylvania, that is incredible!  So the warm weather inspired me to get in the gardens, and get some things planted.  You read that right, I have things planted in my garden! Pansies and violas love …

Read moreGarden Weather & What We Planted Today
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Amazon

Copyright © 2025 · Happily Homegrown · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Mai Theme
Privacy Policy | Disclosure