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Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!As the veggies are really starting to roll in, I keep finding myself thinking about how amazing it is to actually be able to grow our own food!  Despite the sunburns and torn up hands, the long waiting periods and ridiculous weeds, every single harvest is a gift.  Even if I only pull a single tomato out of…
July 23, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!!!The past week was an incredibly busy and quite exhausting one...but I don't think I really realized how crazy it was until I looked back on my harvest photos and found...one.  Ah well, such is life sometimes!The good news is, we harvested our first bush beans and zucchini of the season, the cherry tomatoes are starting to trickle…
July 16, 2012
Greens and Grow Lights

Greens and Grow Lights

When we first set up our grow lights, we planted a few flats of greens, sprouts, micro greens and wheat grass just to see what would happen.  Well, it's actually been really great!  We've harvested enough for several meals (salads and greens for sandwiches) and have juiced wheat grass several times. We learned that wheat grass (like regular grass) will…
January 17, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!This is try #2...something funny happened on the way to posting this today...everything I wrote turned out in weird Computer-Speak once posted!  I am hopeful this time will be better!Anyhow...I was out of town most of last week attending Orientation at Prescott College (hi-ho, hi-ho, it's back to school I go).  Thankfully, Tool Lady did all the harvesting,…
September 19, 2011
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!First off, we've broken the 100 pound mark!!!  WooHoo!!!OK...now that I've done my Happy Dance, we can get down to business ;-)This weeks highlights include:The first butternut squashActual Blue CornThe second wave of Roma TomatoesThe first Italian Heirloom!A mini CSA-type box of goodies for BrotherThe first (and possibly the only) pie pumpkinAn accidental apple harvestMy lovely new harvest…
September 12, 2011
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Labor Day everyone!This week brought us a bit of diversity in the form of the first winter squash!!!  I have been biting my nails in anticipation and just couldn't take it any more!  There are still several ripening on their vines, but here's the first peek!!!I also harvested the first radishes that I planted super late in a couple…
September 5, 2011