VIDEO: Grow Your Own Cotton and Turn it into Candles
Grow your own cotton at home and easily turn it into candle wicks to light on Chanukah or Shabbos
From Olive Tree to Olive Oil – The Faster, Easier Way
Every year, as soon as Sukkos is over, I immediately think of olive picking. Literally the next available day! Maybe you can relate to that? (or maybe not…) So yesterday we went picking in the stunning, tranquil Jerusalem foothills and enjoyed whacking down a sizable horde of olives. We then took them to be pressed into […]
The Easy Way to Grow Your Own Aravos – Willow Branches
Next Sukkos, pick your own home-grown Aravos. Willow Trees grow very well in pots and require little care to thrive.
Plant-Pick-Taste Open Farm Event – For Women and Kids
THIS EVENT IS BOOKED OUT. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING NOTIFIED OF FUTURE SIMILAR EVENTS, PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW. Summer is at its height and that’s a perfect time to plant, pick and taste on Bloomah’s City Farm and Nature Sanctury. Not to mention to meet and feed our resident chickens – […]
Join a Delightful Foraging Walk in RBS – for Women
Pesach is almost here and we all know what that means… Springtime! So let’s get out for a glorious local nature walk where we will learn to identify and forage local wild foods and medicinal plants. When: Wednesday April 10 Time: 9-11am. 2 hours. Location: Near the Ramat Beit Shemesh A merkaz. Exact location will be sent to registrants. […]
The Top 6 Summer Vegetables to Grow in Israel (and What NOT to Grow)
After 19 years of growing vegetables at home in Israel, I’ve had a lot of harvests. I’ve also had a LOT of flops. After so many years, I have compiled this big list of veggies that are most likely to produce a rewarding harvest in Israel. They tolerate our long hot summer well and are […]
Forest Foraging and Campfire Cookout For Women!
Join Me and my dear hiking buddy, Susannah Schild, of Hiking the Holyland-fame for this event. Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024Time: 9am-1pm Location: JNF-KKL Park Adulam, near Beit Shemesh (meeting point will be sent to registrants)Price: NIS 215 Includes: Advanced registration required. Women Only Details and registration, click here
Help! My Tomato Plant is Looking so Sad!
Tomato season reaches its peak in late August-September! The tomatoes we pick now are sweetest! I can never get enough! Every year around this season I get readers asking the same question: “My tomato plant suddenly looks dry or brown or droopy or otherwise sad! What should I do?” The answer is: nothing! Tomatoes are […]
“Jewish Girls Don’t Live on Farms!”
“Jewish Girls Don’t Live on Farms!” That’s what my Mum said to me as a teenager living in a middle-class, largely Jewish neighborhood in Sydney, Australia. It’s also the first line of my chapter in a brand new book of real-life stories of English-speaking Charedim from around the world who have chosen to make their […]
You’re Invited! Wheat-to-Challah Harvest Party for Moms and Kids
It’s wheat harvest season here in the Land of Israel! Here’s on Bloomah’s City Farm our small plot of wheat is fully ripe and ready for harvest! You’re invited to experience the wonder and fun of harvesting wheat and turning it into a loaf of fresh Challah. Yes, you are about to discover that threshing, […]