Welcome to the Bloom & Peck blog — real homesteading from a Kentucky backyard.
You’ll find sourdough recipes, garden-to-table cooking, and everything I’ve learned the hard way about growing food.
Erin here. Pull up a chair.
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Why I Grow San Marzano Tomatoes In My small Garden, For the Two of Us
There’s a bowl of tomatoes sitting on my kitchen scale right now, and it’s maybe five pounds (the the ones on the side) — a few days’ worth…
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What I am Planting and Harvesting in September in My Kentucky Garden
If you are like me, searching for what to plant in September in Kentucky you might be surprised to find out how much is actually going in the…
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What I am Planting and Harvesting in August in My Kentucky Garden
If you are like me, searching for what to plant in August in Kentucky you might be surprised to find out how much is actually going in the…
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Why I Grow Cylindra Beets Just to Ferment Them — One Jar, Two People
Why grow beets if you don’t eat a ton of them? I found my why. I have a jar of fermenting Cylindra beets bubbling away on my counter.…
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Powdery Mildew in Kentucky: What Actually Works and What I Stopped Wasting Money On
If you garden in Kentucky, you already know the look. That dusty, gray-white film that shows up on your squash leaves in the muggy part of summer like…
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My Basil Still Turns Dark When I Freeze It — Here’s Why I Stopped Caring
I was frustrated, why can’t I keep my basil from turning darker when I freeze it, why can’t I keep my basil from turning black when I dry…
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