So, it’s been a minute (decade?) since I’ve written a Harvest Monday post, but there’s no reason to not jump back in again, is there? This year looks a little different in the growing department with the majority of our food production being limited to our Kitchen Garden. This is giving me more time to be present with the plants…
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The garden has hit it’s June plateau. You know, that space between prepping and planting and actual harvesting when all that seems to be thriving are the weeds? Yeah, that. But with the garden mostly in (minus some succession sowing and the greens bed I just tore out last weekend that needs to be planted out with cucumbers and sunflowers), I’m…
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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 by fall’s fall and enveloped by winter’s hibernation… And then…
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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 herb bed a little TLC. I really hadn’t realized how…
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Somewhere online (maybe on Pinterest), I read that you can preserve herbs in oil. It was one of those “Aha/Duh” moments because it was so simple! So, last year we attempted this trick for the first time and it worked perfectly! This year, with an abundance of basil on hand, we’ve already begun the process of harvesting, chopping, pouring and…
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Herb Garden
Our herb garden is in a sad state right now. I’m not sure if our seeds are old or if the drought has just played a doozy on our efforts (despite the drip irrigation we have installed), but our little herb bed is missing it’s oregano, basil and thyme, despite a couple of sowings. So, after much debate, we finally…
