The summer season 2023 finally warmed up to 80 degrees at the end of June around the solstice after quite a bit of rain that spring, 8“ in May and over 4” in June. Everything had been planted including indoor seedlings and directly sown outdoor seeds like zucchini, cucumbers, melon. All the slow growing made […]
I know, I know…. It’s been a LONG time since my last blog – May 2023 to be exact. I started with one post and just didn’t continue, not sure why? There’s a reason/season for everything, I guess. But now I have to catch up on 2 seasons of vegetable gardening plus new plans going […]
It’s the start of a new growing season and I am getting after it!! Bill and I decided it is not quite time to ‘redo’ the garden beds and enclosure this year. The beds and fencing wood are in okay shape for another year or two plus we will wait until the asparagus […]
It’s a sad day when it’s time to say good bye to the garden for 6 months:( I started the final stages of deconstructing the garden in October when the weather was still nice but snow was lurking around the corner! All the warm weather vegetables had to come out first whether they were ripe […]
SALSA INGREDIENTS! The season is starting to wrap up with cooler temperatures and shorter days. No sign of frost yet this early October; so things are still growing but at a slower pace. I have harvested an incredible amount of tomatoes this year – around 100 pounds, the most since I started this garden 10 […]
I have been very busy!! Harvest time of year is great but a LOT OF WORK to manage all the fruits of my labor. I am very diligent about using everything somehow; nothing goes to waste. Actually, all the waste from processing the produce goes into the compost bin (future blog)! Mid July started with […]
Tomatoes are one of my favorite garden vegetable/fruit (fruit has a ripened flower ovary). There are SO many ways to eat and prepare tomatoes: BLT’s, cut up with oil & vinegar, caprese salad, pico de gallo, fresh and canned salsa, sauce, etc. I usually grow about 40 plants of different varieties for different taste, texture […]
Garlic is sometimes called the “stinking rose” due to its strong odor from one of its components called ‘allicin’. It is native to South and Central Asia and has been around for several thousand years moving further west until the Renaissance when it became widely used for cooking. Historically it has also been used for […]
All kinds of animals visit us on our 1.4 acre property including bears, mountain lions, bobcats, coyotes, deer, fox, rattlesnakes, rabbits, skunks and birds and mice! When we built the garden, we had a good plan for fencing all these animals out, especially the rabbits and deer that just love the greenery. We started with […]
The season has finally taken off with real summer weather! I have already been harvesting asparagus, spinach, green onions (planted last fall), arugula and lettuce. The snap peas & regular peas are starting to produce fruit with tons of flowers for more to come! The remaining summer veggies will be ready to pick in a […]