Full Circle Farm & Artisan Center

11/24/2023

https://simplegardenlife.com/make-leaf-mold/

Learn how to make leaf mold from leaves - and how to use it to re-energize and improve your garden and flowerbed soil this fall!

11/21/2023

Yes, just received a total of 8, 16 foot trailer loads of leaves!!! What a Mother Nature load!!! I will have some really happy garden vegetable plants this spring.🍁🍂🍁🍂
Nancy is baking chocolate chip cookies and I am making my honey, oatmeal, whole wheat bread and pizza bread for the fine gentlemen, that is dropping off the leaves. Then he gets the first pickings from the garden even before us.  Gardening is all about giving!

11/17/2023

As most of you folks know my typical speech is the fundamental building blocks of soil is leaves. So far I have 325 bags hope to get another 800. Oh yes those that don’t know me. I do not overdo things, it’s just that everybody else under does it compare to myself.

11/11/2023

Thank you to everyone that reserved a seat for the Ornament workshop. The workshop is full.
Looking forward to a great afternoon.

11/03/2023

Save the date!
Ornament workshop will be expanded this year. Open to individuals and families.
Stained glass, wood burning, sculpy clay, and an assortment of other mediums to create your favorite ornament for Christmas.
Call by Nov. 30th to reserve your seat@ 814 758 0052.

10/22/2023

What a drive to our house! Welcome to Pennsylvania during Autumn!

10/20/2023

As energy prices go up, economics finally hits our finances to save money. Clothes dryers use the most energy of all appliances. I’ve never believed in clothes dryers especially when you live in the country. Take action to another step in sustainability and hang your clothes outside. They smell so much fresher! Attached is a pulley system for those who have mobility difficulty.

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10/15/2023

Ground up leaves from last year, placed on 400 garlic cloves. Settled in for the winter will help choke out weeds in the spring.

10/09/2023

Beautiful examples of vertical gardens. Downtown Ellicottville, New York.

10/06/2023

Nature’s mosaic!

Spectacular color for the fall. This grouping of plant flowers is at least 65 years old given by Andy and Grace Yoch from Tionesta.

Many names for this flower: resurrection/ascension lily, meadow saffron, naked lady, autumn crocus, and colchicum.

10/05/2023

Nature’s mosaic!

Spectacular color for the fall. This grouping of plant flowers is at least 65 years old given by Andy and Grace Yoch from Tionesta.

Many names for this flower: resurrection/ascension lily, meadow saffron, naked lady and colchicum.

10/02/2023

Some very creative folks helped glue many, many plastic recycled caps to create this awesome 4×8' flower design. Thank you to all who helped make this possible especially Brenda Nicklas for your design.
Soon it will find a permanent home in the community for everyone to enjoy.

09/29/2023

Planted 400 garlic. Plant on 8 inch centers and 3 inches deep. Now to cover with mulch.

09/27/2023

Exquisite flavor!!!Grilled onions, garlic, and peppers. It’ll be one great addition from Mexican dishes to venison stew.

09/26/2023

Last batch of salsa.💃 Smoked/roasted garlic, onions and peppers.

09/24/2023

It’s time to put in garlic. Don’t wait till October. This gives the bulbs a chance to root out more and get a early start in the spring.

09/21/2023

Beautiful coloration.

09/18/2023

It’s that time of year, Resurrection Lily, Fall Crocus blooming.

09/12/2023

Nancy’s sauerkraut.

09/08/2023

09/08/2023

32 pints of salsa = 30 hours of prep. Some people called that work! I call it a lifestyle. The reason for so long of a process is the tomatoes, peppers, onions and garlic all got roasted. Peeling the peppers took the longest. I kicked this recipe up a notch with lime juice and of course the roasted vegetables.  The grilling, gave a wonderful smoky overtone flavor.

09/07/2023

So my canning friends have introduced me to “Rebel Canners”. A group of people who experiment with canning that go against traditional and research methods. I have not explored these methods since most of my working career has been University-based. I like research, and do not have a $300 million research facility, so I tend to follow USDA guidelines. My friends introduced me to using jars from pickles and other store-bought jar products with a lot of caution. These jars are thicker and have lug lock lids and have to go through a lot of transportation, so I believe they’re actually better than the traditional canning jars. I have use them with great success. Canning vegetables is now very expensive. It cost $1.45 before you even put any product in the jars. The present greed of capitalism and companies is outrageous. This is one of the ways you can make canning more economical. Experimentation is an excellent exploration idea. Always use caution when regarding canning vegetables or meat. I have not joined “Canning Rebels“ but enjoy people’s ideas who always experiment.

09/04/2023

Canned 36 jars of corn. Take note of jars on right side table. Next subject.“Rebel Caners!” What is that all about?

09/03/2023

Decided to put another 275 pounds of dry ice in water well before I send pump down. So far after first application the well opened up from 20 minutes of well water before drying up to 9 hours!!! Quite an achievement! Maybe I’ll get more hours with this last application.
This time no water shot out the pipe telling us the dry ice opened up the sands and flushed out the iron and magnesium.

08/31/2023

Mexican Sunflower a super pollinator!

08/27/2023

Nancy, Virginia and Kay spent the day in Kay’s huge kitchen preparing cole slaw and sauerkraut for the winter.

08/24/2023

Tried a new recipe today. Plantain salve.
After being stung twice by yellow jackets the other day while mowing, I need something to sooth my bee stings.
We have sooo much plantain in our yard it was very easy to find all that I needed.
Now I just need to wait till it solidifies.

After that, I’m going to take her out to a hornets nest and put her hand in it so she can see if it really works! Ashley

08/23/2023

Roasted peppers for the famous salsa!💃

08/22/2023

Mullen plant. Our Guardian of the Studio.

Mullein is an expectorant, a substance that thins mucus (phlegm) and makes it easier to cough up. Expectorants help break up mucus to get it out of your system. “It's always good to get mucus out of your airways,” says Dr. Khan.Dec