Last Wednesday, with freezing temperatures in the forecast and our weekend trip planned, Tool Lady and I decided it would probably be best to pull everything out of our 4X6 raised bed. What exactly did “everything” include? Well, 12 tomato plants, 2 lemon cucumber vines, 2 basil plants, a bell…
Happy Monday everyone! Better late than never, right?! Last week was pretty slow in the Garden Department with the exception of Wednesday evening when we decided to pull everything in the 4X6 raised bed (AKA the crazy tomato bed) to avoid losing it all to a freeze while we were…
Happy Monday everyone! This week brought us the last of the acorn and butternut squash and blue corn, many more tomatoes and lemon cucumbers and the first of the fall kale. Oh, and I can’t forget the single, tiny jalapeno. I am trying to find my balance between my new…
So many tomatoes still on the vine!!! Yellows and greens and … …gorgeous reds! The ladies do love their Scratch! Lemon cuke, Brandywines and Pole Beans Love really is all around… This is the only one of it’s kind in our yard… …but the Morning Glories have officially taken over…
Happy Monday everyone! Well, with Fall officially upon us, I am feeling extremely grateful for each evening that passes without the gift of frost! Not sure how much longer we will squeek by, but I’ll tip-toe as long as I have to 🙂 This week brought us the excitement of…
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…
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 squash Actual Blue Corn The second wave of Roma Tomatoes The first Italian Heirloom! A mini CSA-type…
Alright, it’s time to talk about losing my canning virginity…Mostly so I can give you the link to the magic in a jar! So, I recently saw this recipe on the fantastic blog Food in Jars and knew, that since we have so many yellow taxi tomatoes laying around, that I…