Happy Monday everyone! I missed last weeks Harvest Monday because I was in Milwaukee visiting my very best friend in the world! We were watching Sandy hammer the east coast, eating good (comfort) food, painting and enjoying the wonder that 20+ years of friendship brings 🙂 But I digress…I must…
I have a love/hate relationship with this time of year. The cool, crisp mornings make for the perfect temperature in which to enjoy tea on the back porch, easy sleeping throughout the night and more comfortable days without air conditioning (I work in a historic, adobe building). Such temperatures also…
While it always feels funny to me to start fall crops in the middle of summer, I am learning the importance of giving them the opportunity to get their roots under them well before the temperature drops. This will be our third fall and winter during which we will attempt…
Happy Monday everyone! Well, I finally surrendered to the removal of all our over-wintered greens in an effort to (hopefully) fully thwart the leaf miners that refuse to give up their happy homes. I pulled what remained of the spinach and chard and left the only beet and kale plants…
Happy Monday everyone! Not a ton to report today in the way of actual harvests as we’re nearing the end of our greens and there’s a bit of a break between them and my spring plantings. I still haven’t mastered this whole succession planting schedule but there is a lot…
Happy Monday everyone!!! We didn’t harvest a single thing all week until last night when I harvested some greens and carrots for lunch today (adding a couple boiled eggs makes an almost perfect salad)! I spent a lot of time last weekend cleaning, blanching and freezing all the greens we…
Happy Monday, everyone! We had another beautiful week, but it ended in a bit of snow and freezing temperatures. So far everything looks OK but it’s supposed to freeze again tonight, so we’ll see. I’m still worried about our fruit, but there’s really nothing for it but to keep my…
Happy Monday, everyone! There seems to be lots happening in the yard suddenly! The peas are peeking, the rhubarb is huge (well, huge to me…it’s never gotten this big this fast before), the fruit trees have all blossomed out and are beginning to get some leaves, our raised beds/hoop houses…