Two lovely rutabagas I must admit, I am not a big fan of this nutritious vegetable. But I am a Big fan of Mr. Big Food, and he loves rutabagas so I grow them occasionally. Rutabagas, or Swedes, are a cross between cabbage and turnips. Have you seen a rutabaga in a garden? Just exactly
Rocky’s a digger! It’s important that the gardens be tilled up at the end of the growing season. Our tiller is in the shop, so Rocky is doing his part. We do a fairly deep tilling in the fall. Although the garden soil is much improved after two years of adding compost and rotted manure,
Baby lima beans One’s goal in flower gardening is to create something beautiful– and not just visually beautiful. A perfect flower garden will appeal to one’s sense of smell and touch, too. Flower gardens can be nearly perfect. The same cannot be said of vegetable gardens. There is always something wrong in the vegetable garden,
1 lb + blanched New Zealand spinach Seed from Botanical Interests Spinach New Zealand Heirloom Seed Tetragonia tetragonioides 50-70 days. Discovered by Sir Joseph Banks in New Zealand during the 1770 voyage of Captain James Cook, and enjoyed by 18th century gardeners. Also known as perpetual spinach, New Zealand is not true spinach, but a
I liked the dressing, but I really liked this. BUTTERED SPAGHETTI SQUASH 2.5-3 lbs. spaghetti squash, cut in half lengthwise, seeds and pulp removed, placed cut side down in well-greased baking dish, skin poked with fork many times. Bake 30-40 mins at 350 or until squash is tender. 2-3 Tbsp butter 1/4 tsp salt 1/2
The following mini-rant was brought to you thanks to a post up at Instapundit: WHEN YOU GET RID OF THE PRETENSION BEHIND THE LOCAVORE MOVEMENT, THERE’S STILL SOMETHING: It can save you money. Here’s what the Raeses have grown this spring, summer, and fall: turnips, black beans, purple hull peas, cranberry beans, Flossy Powell beans,
I did not water the peas or onions yesterday because The United States Government promised me it would rain over night. It did not. Furthermore, The United States Government promised me there was a significant chance of rain today. The United States Government has reneged on its promises. So now I have to water the
Today, it was my pleasure to give a presentation to the Maben Home & Garden Club monthly meeting. Lisa, our county extension agent, had called me last Thursday to asked if I could give a talk to the club the coming Tuesday (today). Sure! But it wasn’t until yesterday that we were able to meet.
The overnight low for Wednesday is forecast to be 34 degrees Fahrenheit. Today is Sunday. Things could change. I suspect what will happen is this: It will or will not be 34∘Wednesday night. And even if it isn’t, it will or will not be 34∘the next night, and the next… . But it is inevitable
I got an email from New Hope Seed Company. They are having a sale! I will order Aunt Hatie’s red okra, whippoorwill blackeyes (cowpeas = blackeyed peas), and the hardshell melon seeds. I’ll also pre-order one of those sweet potatoes. The red okra is delicious and beautiful. Okra is related to hollyhock, rose of Sharon,
Quarts: Pickled green tomatoes; Pint: Pickled jalapenos GARLIC DILLED GREEN TOMATOES Makes 6 pints 3 quarts green cherry tomatoes, approximately12 cloves garlic6 sprigs dill1 1/3 quarts white vinegar2 C water1/3 C canning saltWash and pack tomatoes into hot pint jars, adding 2 cloves garlic and 1 sprig dill to each jar. Boil vinegar, water and salt
No photos. Sorry. Maybe I’ll update after we have supper. It’s some chicken casserole dish that’s already baking. We had a very busy week. I wasn’t able to spend nearly as much time in the garden as I usually do, especially since I knew we wouldn’t be around much late in the week and so
Daikon Miyashige White Orgnaic Radishes Each of these is 6-8″ long. Very tasty… not too strong at all. Seed from Botanical Interests. Here’s their blurb: Radish Daikon Miyashige White Organic Heirloom Seed Raphanus sativus 60 days. Young shredded daikon radishes are often used in sushi, but their light, crunchy, slightly spicy flavor is a unique
O’Henry sweet potatoes Today is the day! Not that there’s anything special about today, but today is the day I decided to dig up the sweet potatoes. And of course, today is the day I didn’t look at the radar. We’ve already had two or three downpours. Not the best weather for pulling sweet potatoes
Iopride water melon IO for Iowa Pride. 100 days — The fruits are dark green with darker green stripes. They are oblong and blocky with sweet, bright-red flesh and a high sugar content. Holds long at maturity. Developed at the University of Iowa for upland soils and for resistance to fusarium wilt and anthracnose (race
“Is Your Choice Of Food A Fundamental Right?” at Food Renegade. I love the photo at the article site. This is the first thing I’ve stumbled upon from the Food Renegade site and it looks interesting. I’m a little put off by the repeated use of the word, “sustainable,” though. But I’ll keep my brain
It’s the biggest one (12 oz. glass for scale). or something like that. There’s conflicting information on the world-wide web about its proper common name, but according to New Hope Seed Company, where I got the seed, it was always listed as a pumpkin its [sic] actually more of a winter squash. … is said
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