Cultivating Kindness in 2018
This winter has seemed so long, hasn't it? The only things we have growing are some Swiss chard, a little kale, and our beloved collard...
Good Intentions Veggie Broth
Sometimes living a zero-waste lifestyle can cause us to feel a little guilty about wasting anything...especially when we look in the...
Ode to Eggplant
Each year I decide to try planting and cooking with an item I actually don't enjoy eating. This year's crop is eggplant, specifically the...
Eating Your Antioxidants
A couple of years ago, I made the life-changing decision to exit the beauty industry and enter the glorious world of growing nutritious,...
Canning Your Abundance
It's tomato season, and the San Marzanos, pink cherry tomatoes, green Big Boys, and Black Krims are coming in faster than we can eat...
Easiest Tomato Dish
Organic San Marzano tomatoes are officially here at Ike & Eli's, which means summer is in full force in Texas! Now that we have a...
Climate - On Your Own Accord
Recently the president made a controversial move to remove the U.S. from a climate treaty with Europe, which has a lot of people very...
Tackling Organic Gardening
We're about 2 months into the spring growing season, and if you're like us, you already have pests trying to enjoy the hard work you've...
A Year in the Garden
April 1st will be our official anniversary here at Ike & Eli's. We are one year past leaving a successful career to plant organic...
Southern Collard Greens
A few years ago, while on a work trip in San Francisco, I visited a really cool restaurant that used to be a place bootleggers would...
