In the Garden

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Apple Season

Apple Season

Apple season is officially upon us and, I have to say, I am so incredibly excited about it!Since we've processed all 150 pounds of gifted apples, it's finally time to start harvesting the apples from our own tiny trees!Now, we put in our apple trees just a few years ago and this is the first year we've really seen them…
September 22, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!The past week has brought us all kinds of weather...clear and cold, cloudy and rainy, clear and warm...short sleeve days followed by two layers of long sleeves and then short sleeves again.  Welcome to fall in Santa Fe! The garden and chickens don't like it very much, but I'm used to it :-)The beans are almost completely dead,…
September 17, 2012
Barnes Mountain Yellow Tomato

Barnes Mountain Yellow Tomato

Last summer, I was given a couple of packets of heirloom tomato seeds by a friend/co-worker.  I couldn't think of a better gift!  One of those packets contained a few tiny Barnes Mountain Yellow Tomato seeds!  I had never before heard of such a thing, was super excited to try them out this spring and had no idea what to…
September 15, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!!!I didn't take many pictures this week (I was too busy taking pictures of our guests and the shenanigans that occurred with said guests ;-) ).  Luckily, the lack of pictures is not representative of what's actually coming in from the garden!While the tomato tally is lower this week than the past several, we are again harvesting Cherokee Purples and…
September 10, 2012
I Don’t Consider Myself a Violent Person…

I Don’t Consider Myself a Violent Person…

But I do find a great sense of satisfaction in feeding horn worms to our chickens.  Especially after they've successfully destroyed several tomatoes.Stupid worms.
September 8, 2012
How Many Apples Does It Take…

How Many Apples Does It Take…

...to drive a woman crazy?Apparently the answer is 150 pounds because that's what we harvested last Friday evening and, at this point, I'm feeling a bit crazy about the process of processing 150 pounds of delicious (unforgiving) apples.Let's go back a bit and explain how we acquired so many apples...I have a friend named Madonna (yes, that's her given name…
September 4, 2012