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CSA Experiment
Today is the last major harvest for my little CSA experiment. Last night we had our first light frost, and today was a day to dig roots, break off Brussels sprouts and cut delicate lettuces in the cold frame (whose … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, ciambotta, CSA, eggplant, fall vegetables, homesteading, stew, vegetable garden
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Beans
Maybe next year I’ll understand beans. This year, I’m still stumbling along. Green beans are easy. Get them young and long. It’s about the sweet pods and I’m not interested in those little seeds growing inside. In past years I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged basil, beans, dragon's tongue beans, green beans, half-runner beans, organic vegetable gardening, runner beans, sauce verte, scarlet runner beans
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Harvests
The chickens have definitely discovered the garden, which might test my willingness to “share.” Here they are roosting on top of the compost bin, where I think they’re finding a good supply of bugs. They are welcome to them! But … Continue reading
Posted in garden
Tagged backyard chickens, beans, chickens, Orach, organic greens, organic vegetable gardening
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Getting All Foodie
It is the year of beans. The wall o’ beans has been putting out copious amounts of purple, yellow, and striated beans, and there have been green bush beans, too. Even with the deer or rabbits nibbling the tops, I am … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, canning, canning beans, dilly beans, Emeril rosemary-lemon beans, green beans, hot sauce, nasturtium, nasturtium hot sauce
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July Garden Tour
I keep hearing how everything is late this year, but you couldn’t tell by me. Everything this summer has crept up on me. I wasn’t ready for my birthday in June. July 4 went by like a blur. And in … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, green arrow peas, mid-summer vegetables, organic gardening, organic vegetable growing, pea pesto, peas, summer, vegetable gardening
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Remembering How to Eat
Now that I eat mostly seasonally, I sometimes forget what I eat. It’s like putting away clothes for winter. By spring, I’ve forgotten about those t-shirts I love or the pretty sleeveless blouses. I’m always surprised. When I am looking … Continue reading
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Tagged asparagus, beans, cooking with spring produce, greens, oyster mushrooms, spinach
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Beans, Beans
One of my early ambitions in the garden was to grow dried beans. The woman to whom I occasionally go for a massage has these gallon jars up in her kitchen filled with different colored beans. I assume she eats … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, calypso beans, dry beans, scarlett runner beans, shell beans
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Making 2013 Plan(t)s
I’m not a big one for New Year’s Resolutions. But my world is kind of full right now of pressure to “set goals,” and there are plenty of areas where I could set goals for the year, were I so … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, garden, goals, New Year's Resolutions, seed catalogues, seed orders, seeds, squash, tomatoes
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Guest blog with recipe at The Ranting Chef!
Click here to see my guest blog on the “Rantings of an Amateur Chef” blog, complete with recipe for beans, kale, butternut squash and olive stew!
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Tagged beans, butternut squash, dry beans, kale, recipe, stew, winter stew
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