Iris and Honey is a food and lifestyle blog with an emphasis on local farms and businesses in Central PA.
My tomatoes did not do very well at all this year. First deer decided to eat them and my cucumbers so we put up a fence. Then bugs started taking over. Finally, with the excessive wind and rain we saw this summer, there was not a whole lot left to…
A healthy farm has healthy bees and Strites’ Orchard has bee hives to help pollinate the crops on their 300 acre farm. Here are some facts from the Natural Resources Conservation Service of Pennsylvania: Some crops, including cherries and blueberries, are 90% dependent on honeybee pollination. 90 percent of the…
This post contains affiliate links which means I may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something that I have recommended. See Affiliate Disclosure Borage has quickly become my favorite plant in my garden this year. Borage is a beautiful herb with coarse green leaves and blue…
I have exciting news. I am expanding my niche from food blog to lifestyle blog. Do not worry, I still plan on posting many recipes using this year’s CSA from Strites’ which should start in the next few weeks. I am also going to focus on expanding the type of…