Homemade Fruit Leather: You MUST try this!
If you only try one food preservation project this year - this is the one! It's ridiculously simple, requires no...
Is Bloomah’s Photogenic Enough?
Tomorrow a photographer from a major magazine is coming to do a shoot at Bloomah's City Farm AKA my backyard....
The Secret Truth About Growing Your own Vegetables
I have a confession. Many of the vegetables I grow on my farm are imperfect. The kind of vegetables that...
Why I never planted peanuts before – and why I did now
My peanuts sprouted! I have wanted to grow peanuts for such a long time but I never did. Since they...
Recipe: Bloomah’s Zucchini Lasagna
My two youngest kids and I wait for the big zucchinis to grow and then save them for this recipe,...
Meet Our New Chicks!
Meet our new babysitters! Two little chicks. The chicks have to live indoors with a light-bulb for warmth until they...
Bloomah 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...
Australian Homemade Toffees: The Taste of My Childhood
My daughter has an end-of-year party today and the teachers asked the girls to bring "refreshments" AKA mounds of candy...
Why did it take me 4 months to make a single challah?
Because we grew, harvested, threshed, winnowed, ground, sifted, kneaded and baked it, all here in our apartment in Ramat Beit...
Just Hatched: My New Novel
This week we have an exciting new hatchling on Bloomah's City Farm. It's my new novel - Yedidya. I just...
VIDEO: Chameleons Have Slow feet and Fast Tongues
We were delighted to welcome this reptile visitor to Bloomah's City Farm yesterday. The slow-motion replay of its incredible roll-up tongue...
How to help plants survive a heatwave
It's the third day of Israel's heatwave and our plants are really suffering from the temperatures soaring above 40 degrees...
How to Start Your Own Butterfly Farm
This is a magical activity to do with your kids and now is the perfect season in Israel. Step 1:...
Landscaping with Builder’s Rubble – Free and Attractive
"Your backpack is so heavy. Have you got rocks inside?" Actually yes. My backpack is full of rocks! How else...
I’m Featured in Gila Manolson’s New Book
Here in Ramat Beit Shemesh, there aren't too many other farmers. Actually none. I guess you could say that my...
The No. 1 Vegetable to Plant Right Now
Everyone keeps asking me what to plant now, so I made a list of my favorite summer vegetables to grow....
