Summer rolls along………
We had a cool, wet spring, and things in the garden didn’t take off like they do a lot of years, but everything survived. Now they’re catching up. Then we […]
We had a cool, wet spring, and things in the garden didn’t take off like they do a lot of years, but everything survived. Now they’re catching up. Then we […]
Weather people say it was the coldest, wettest spring in this area since the 1960’s. I just know it was bad for a gardener who wants to get started early, […]
By October it has cooled off some and the plants are making smaller leaves, but they’re sweeter and more tender. Since I’ve been pulling leaves from the bottom of the […]
If you grow and love collards, and have never frozen any, you should. I clean them and tear them into small pieces, then cook them about 20 minutes. Drain, cool, […]
It’s so good to pick so much of a meal from the garden. No, I didn’t raise the hog for a ham hock, lol; that came from a wonderful […]
She knows to stay downstairs, cos the upstairs is much warmer in a long skinny house that has the long side facing east. We have a heat advisory today, […]
The area in the rabbit fence is laid up and ready to grow things: collards, cabbage, spinach, sorrel and other things that the many bunnies around here consider to be […]
The end of the garden is sad, but can make for a really easy recipe to use up some things that are ending. OK, so I didn’t grow the […]
I don’t like to face the end of gardening, (and picking and eating) but some things still go on for a little while. I have Lima beans forming in huge […]
My last few cabbages are small, but that’s ok. Lima beans are just now really coming on. I love my heirloom seeds. The cabbages are the sweetest I’ve ever […]