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5 Reasons You Will Plant Garlic Now
Stop wishing you could grow your own vegetables in Israel, and start planting garlic today. It’s incredibly easy and rewarding!
Read MoreI Made Wine in a Week. You Can Too!
Making wine at home in Israel is easy and rewarding – especially this year. A super simple guide to making wine in a week for first-timers.
Read MoreMake it a Positive Family Summer – With Free Printable Mitzvah Tickets
Summertime is here. That means less structure and much more free time. Some people dread it but I love it. Well, maybe I don’t love EVERYTHING about summer. If you’re a parent like me, you may also struggle with keeping up positive habits for your kids during the free-and-easy summer months. For example, getting up…
Read MoreWhat I’m Growing on Shmitta
Shmitta can be hard. There are many things that I would like to do in my garden right now. Such as: Prune back the Panama Berry tree, which I adore, but it growing so fast that by the end of the year it will be shading most of the other trees and plants in that…
Read MoreFirst Look at Your Farmland + Save the Date
First… The news!The Educational farm finally confirmed the date of our first women’s farming session – Wednesday April 21, 2021 – 9:30am. Get all the details here Here is a photo of the land they have assigned to us It doesn’t look like much right now but thankfully we are women of vision, ready to work the…
Read MoreFREE EVENT: Come Farm with Me in RBS
Want to get out in nature? Breathe fresh air? Shake off the lockdown blues? Flex those muscles? Do some real gardening? Have fun with like minded women? Have an amazing new experience? Right here in Ramat Beit Shemesh? For women only? And for FREE?! Join me for 2 hours of gardening at the Educational Farm, Ramat…
Read MoreVIDEO: Watch Our Latest Harvests
If you’ve always dreamed of harvesting your own food, it’s not as impossible as you might think! The past two months have been blessed with lots of picking, processing and feasting here on our tiny urban farm in the midst of the sprawling Israeli city of Beit Shemesh. This 1-min video gives you a quick…
Read MoreLive Workshop: Olives and Oil
You’re invited! Presenting the First Mornings on the Farm Workshop for Women! Right here at Bloomah’s City Farm in Ramat Beit Shemesh A. Hands-on Harvesting and Making Workshop: Olives and Oil When: Tuesday, December 8 – 10am – 11:30 Where: Bloomah’s City Farm on Nachal Lachish in Ramat Beit Shemesh A What’s in the Workshop?…
Read MoreRecipe: Bloomah’s Zucchini Lasagna
My two youngest kids and I wait for the big zucchinis to grow and then save them for this recipe, which we make once a week during the summer.We prefer it to “real” lasagna! It’s also perfect for people eating gluten free or low carb. Ingredients: 1 liter marinara sauce (we make it at home…
Read MoreBloomah Hatches an Egg: A Story About Farming, Faith and Flops
This is my pet hen, Stripey. She’s not looking too plump right now. Her usually cherry-red comb has faded and her eyes are dull. She’d not sick, Thank G-d. It’s just that she’s been sitting on a nest full of eggs for the last 16 days. During that period, she’s barely eaten or drunk. She…
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