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No Food Gap
Usually this time in June is a bare spot in our garden eating. I pulled the bolted lettuce from the greenhouse today (though I still have some in the regular garden). I’ve thinned the beets in the garden so there … Continue reading
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Tagged garden vegetables, garlic scape pesto, greenhouse, greenhouse vegetables, mint pesto, pesto
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Pre-Season Growth in the Greenhouse
The greenhouse is officially a game changer. At this point I’m just wondering how I can wrestle more space (always I need more!) for beds so I can expand my spring– and fall– production next year. I wasn’t sure what … Continue reading
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Tagged garden vegetables, greenhouse, greenhouse gardening, May season
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More Cooking… catching up
In the week way back in late February before I started chemotherapy, I planned great meals. My last meals before taste would be taken away– and at that point I was expecting nausea, too. I prepared by purchasing Cream of Wheat … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, food, garden, recipe
Tagged garden vegetables, ovarian cancer, Tender, vegetables
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spring forward (and drink kombucha!)
Tonight the clocks, if modern enough, will spring forward all on their own. The sun is already setting near 7 p.m., so starting tomorrow it will set at 8. We spring forward into more sunlight and, although it will snow more before … Continue reading
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Tagged early greens, garden vegetables, kombucha, kombucha mother, potatoes
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Simple Pleasures
I’m thinking about seriously curtailing my social media participation. It is making me anxious. It has always made me anxious, but I realize it feeds certain kinds of pressure… particularly my competitive nature when it comes to the garden and … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking from the garden, garden vegetables, summer garden vegetable salad
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Moving On and Taking Stock
Today was the first of those misty mornings when steam is rising from the local lakes and ponds and everyone notices the sun’s low trajectory. There are tomatoes on the vine, a few final zucchini, and plenty of unripe peppers. … Continue reading
Posted in garden, recipe, the Farm
Tagged garden vegetables, late summer vegetables, roasting vegetables, sandhill crane family, sandhill cranes
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