Harvest

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Grow, Harvest, Eat

Grow, Harvest, Eat

Some day soon I will catch everyone up on what's been happening in my life...in our lives...but for now, we'll stick with the literal fruits of our labors. Sometimes, when life gets challenging, it's best to just keep doing what you're doing, release the things that aren't working or that you don't have any control over and do your best…
September 23, 2013

Cayenne Peppers – 6 Health Benefits & Recipes

Cayenne is one of those foods that people either love or they hate.  If you can hack the punch of this awesome Capsicum, though, there are many health benefits of cayenne peppers that just might be worth a little heat on your tongue and in your belly. With so much cayenne growing on our two plants this year, we have…
September 14, 2013
Grow, Harvest, Eat

Grow, Harvest, Eat

Grow Despite the funny summer we've had, we are still seeing a few new items trying to get in their production before the nights get too cold... Luffa A baby Butternut Squash, trying to ripen before the cold weather descends. I'm not sure that the luffa or the butternuts will have enough time to ripen fully, but I am very…
September 9, 2013
Grow, Harvest, Eat

Grow, Harvest, Eat

Just when I thought that summer was on it's way quickly into fall, we've had two steady weeks of heat.  Go figure, right?  The garden is in full production mode, though everything is later than it was last year, and even the year before that...I still haven't even harvested any corn. I mentioned in my last Grow, Harvest, Eat post…
August 26, 2013
Grow, Harvest, Eat

Grow, Harvest, Eat

Grow I fear that the garden has reached its peak and it's all downhill from here.  Why?  Well, for the past couple of nights, it's been cold enough for me to sleep with long pants and a long sleeved shirt on. Yep, that's my science ;-) Really, though, the days have been a bit cooler (high 70s to mid-80s) and…
August 12, 2013
Grow, Harvest, Eat

Grow, Harvest, Eat

The last two weeks have brought us both sunshine and flooding (or flooding concerns, depending on where you are in relation to burn scars from all of our fires this summer).  There has been hail, very intense lightening storms, tornado like conditions and crazy wind whipping around central and northern New Mexico. Source Luckily, for us, our little pocket of…
July 29, 2013