Heart and Soil Stead

08/20/2025

Hey strangers! We still exist! And we're making moves! BIG MOVES! It's too early to announce anything officially but soon! STAY TUNED! 🥰😍🥰😍🥰✌️

07/28/2025

Our blueberry bushes are exploding! Once I saw the abundance forming, I covered them with bird netting for the first time. It seems to have worked! Kept the chickens and other wild fowl - AND the feral children - at bay!

07/25/2025

Papalo, Porophyllum ruderale, goes by a few different names around Latin America including Bolivian coriander, quillquiña, yerba porosa, killi, tepegua, and pápaloquelite. It seems in every region where it's used, they have their own name for it.
Those "holes" in the leaves are actually oil glands which contribute to its intense and pungent flavor and scent. Just thinking of this plant seems to make its scent fill the air!
I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do with the dozen "bushes" I have growing so if anyone has a recipe that really makes it shine I'd love to hear them!

And if anyone in Maine wants some, please let me know! It's best used fresh so no out-of-state shipping. Local pickup (Eddington) or will ship in Maine in a plastic bag with a damp paper towel and media mailer envelope. I'm also happy to barter!

07/23/2025

The Bob Gordon Elderberry blossoms are so amazing! Bigger than my hand!

07/20/2025

Enjoyed an amazing tasting today at Bon Vent Cider with Mathias explaining the provenance of each of the 5 ciders they have available. Anna and I tasted while Addy pet the resident tavern dog and Lilah slept in the car, exhausted from our beach excursion. I, of course, left with a couple ciders to enjoy at home!

07/16/2025

07/13/2025

The color showing on these Brads Atomic Grape tomatoes is 🔥! Or should I say 🍇!

06/26/2025

469 Main Road Eddington

*** Tomato and Peppers ALL $1***

Roma tomatoes (determinate, paste variety)
Cherry tomatoes (indeterminate, snacking, salad)

Serrano
Jalapeno
Poblano
Shish*to
Banana
California Wonder Bell
Bell Pepper Mix
Aji Cachucha/Aji Dulce
Biquinho Red
(2) Aji Amarillo
(3) Rezha Macedonia
(2) Datil

*** $1 for above ***

$3/ea or $2/4+
Litchi "Tomato" (a berry)
Listada de Gandia Eggplant
Garden Huckleberry
Ground Cherries/Husk Cherries
Picklebush cucumber
Lemon cucumber
Patty Pan squash
Crookneck squash
Straightneck squash
Baby boo pumpkin
Jack-o'-lantern pumpkin
Rich Sweetness melon
Giant Bullet Head Wax Melon
Kiwano Jelly melon
Baby Bubba okra
Cilantro
(3) Recao/culantro
Tri-color dwarf morning glory
Candy Cane Zinnia
Persian Carpet Zinnia
Pompon Zinnia
Delphinium
Dwarf Teddy Bear sunflower
Orange Mahogany sunflower
Mammoth sunflower

*** Perennials $5/small or $10 large ***
Anise hyssop
Nepitella/nepeta/
Hyssop
Chocolate mint
Orange mint
Sweet mint
Lovage
Daylilly (orange)

06/26/2025

Out here looking like their album is about to drop. 🤣

06/26/2025

Stay sane, friends! Go forth and grow! ✌️

06/25/2025

Native and wild! My favorite! Red Elderberry setting fruit. Yes, that's a rock wall. Natives, they'll grow anywhere I tell ya! ❤️✌️

06/24/2025

Broody mamas being spoiled with fresh, cold water on this hot, sticky day! 🥰 Stay cool! ✌️