Last night as I was doing my usual rounds in the garden, I noticed that our Pear Tomatoes were looking a little…well…not normal. Their butts were all brown! Tool Lady quickly looked it up and we decided it was probably being caused by a calcium deficiency in the soil. Well, shit! So we ran to the store and grabbed the…
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Harvest Monday!!!
This has been exciting week in Harvest Land for us! We’ve finally gotten some color in the mix!!! Snap Peas (Round Two) = 14 peas (almost a whole ounce!) At the beginning of last week, our beet bed was full… Then, after I harvested every other beet, it looked like this… Beet total = 4 pounds 9 ounces!!! Basil =…
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Seed Saving and Diversity of Crops
In the most current edition of National Geographic there were two food related articles that kicked my ass. While I already had some of this information, these articles really drove home a few things for me. The first, How to Feed a Growing Planet talked briefly about how our 7 billion people will quickly (in the next 35 years) grow…
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As those of you who live here know, and those of you who don’t have probably heard, there is a fire raging right on the edge of Los Alamos. The whole town is evacuated, in need of food, shelter, compassion and a quick return to their (intact) homes. At last count, the fire was very close to 70,000 acres and…
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Harvest Monday
I missed last weeks Harvest Monday due to computer glitches and a crazy schedule. It’s OK though, because there really wasn’t much to report. This week, however, I’m back in the saddle 🙂 This week we harvested: 15 oz of Kale 1 oz of mint 1 pound of Garlic The kale and mint were dried and stored and the garlic…
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Harvesting Garlic
Last November we planted our very first round of garlic! Don’t ask me what kind it was, because I am honestly not sure…all I know is that it was the good kind. We simply went to the farmers market, found a nice big organic head, purchased it, brought it home, broke it apart and stuck it in one of our…