I’m Kali. Oregon mama, farmer’s wife and creator of the Potager book and blog. Join me and as we cook and garden through the seasons!
One of my very favorite things to do is NOT go to the grocery store. Maybe I’m a dreamer, but I hope to someday avoid the grocery store all together. I absolutely love heading out to my garden to pick fresh produce, grabbing things from…
Unfitted kitchens– aka kitchens with little to no built-in cabinetry- have become all the rage on the Internet over the last few years. And for good reason. They’re cute! Cost effective. Easy to switch up. Character up the wazoo? But are they really all they’re…
Summer is the time when my Potager garden really shines. While the cottage gardens in front of the house hit their peak in May, in explosions of pastel pinks and purples, summer flowers in the Potager tend to pack a bit more of a punch.…
The last week in Oregon has been over 100 degrees and somewhat miserable. The boys and I have been living at the farm pool, cuddling close to the window AC units and attempting to avoid turning on the stove as much as possible. This means…
Do you ever walk out into your garden and feel a sense of defeat? Too many weeds. Bug holes in all your plants. Spent blooms waiting to be deadheaded. Empty spaces needing life but the bank account says no. So much work and so little…
I’ve gotten a lot of requests lately for easy weeknight dinners. Until this year I probably would have scoffed at this request, not feeling qualified to answer such a question. But, now that I have a kiddo with soccer practices a couple nights a week,…
Tomatoes are probably what most people think of when they imagine growing their own food in a backyard garden. There’s just nothing like the way your hands smell after you’ve touched a tomato plant, or the sunny taste of the red fruit, fresh off the…
Dahlias. They’re everywhere. Since Floret rocketed them to popularity over the last decade, you can hardly open up the Internet without seeing a dahlia somewhere. And for good reason! They are beautiful, come in a wide range of shapes and colors, and hold up super…
One of the reasons I love to write about gardening is because most of the time, there is really no “wrong” way to do things. When you plant a garden, you can use a myriad of different methods and still end up with a stellar…