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Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

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 catch up on harvesting and tallying...that's what you're here for, aren't you?…
November 5, 2012
Pull it Out, Clean it Up

Pull it Out, Clean it Up

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 mean, however, that the garden is beginning to take on…
August 31, 2012
Sowing Fall Seeds

Sowing Fall Seeds

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 to continue to grow some veggies while the temperatures drop…
July 25, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

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 that have gone to seed, removing instead, all of the affected…
May 21, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

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 growing in the garden right now and I just planted out…
May 14, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

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 harvested last week.  I always forget how a huge harvest cooks down…
April 30, 2012