As you may know about me by now, I always have such great intentions about growing a magnificent fall garden that will (naturally) evolve into a productive winter garden which will set us up for an incredibly bountiful spring… And then I become exhausted by summer’s hectic schedule and distracted…
We finally got the garlic in the ground yesterday and I can’t tell you how relieved I am because planting garlic is one of those little things that brings me so much comfort and so much joy. Maybe it’s the act of putting something in the not-yet-frozen earth knowing full…
Welp, last Friday I finally spent some real, glorious, much needed time out in the garden! Sprout happily gnawed on fresh beans and I just puttered around until we were both hot, hungry and tired. It was absolutely divine! During my time outside, I finally decided to give our poor…
Look what starting peeking… WooHoo!!! We’re growing three brand new (to us) varieties of garlic this year, so I’m very curious to see how they do. I guess the peeking means that spring really is just around the corner! Which is a really, really good thing, because (as I’ve said…
We love garlic. And when I say we love garlic I mean, we really love garlic. We add to it to most things, whether fresh and chopped or dried and ground. Tool Lady especially loves it roasted and smeared on crusty bread, I just love it with my chile. For…
Happy Monday everyone! Things are, happily, continuing their slow roll out of the garden and into the kitchen! The Yellow Taxi Tomatoes are slowing their production and there are only a handful of them left on the plants. It’s OK though, because there are many other varieties that will follow…
We recently discovered that some of our garlic was starting to sprout, so we decided to try our hand at making our very own Garlic Powder. We pulled three heads of garlic, broke up their cloves and took their skins off. Then we sliced them up and put them in…
This nasturtium is to be expected at this time of year… …but this little rose is quite a nice surprise! The fall snap peas look happy and healthy…just waiting for blossoms Kale and beets in the raised beds A little bit of lettuce 🙂 The tips of what’s left of…