Beans are good food
I like beans of different types cos they’re versatile to cook with in different ways, good protein and also tasty. They’re also pretty easy to grow. And I like […]
Tag Archives: growing food
A good morning harvest
Hmm, tomorrow I’ll make tomato sauce to freeze for winter recipes, and make some cole slaw too. How does your garden grow?
Romanesco broccoli
I had never heard of it. The organic, heirloom seed company I buy my seeds from sent me the seeds in the spring, free for ordering other seeds. I […]
Black eyed peas
They’re not like other beans at all. They get bigger before they start to flower, and once the flowers are done and the bean pods come on, they take longer […]
A nice cabbage
If you’ve never grown cabbage and only ever bought it from the store, you automatically think of cabbage as being a thing maybe 6″ across. It’s hard to believe […]
Remember that trellis I named Encouragement?
It’s 9′ tall. Calling it Encouragement worked, and so did good non-GMO seeds, and lots of water and good aged horse manure as fertilizer. (Also continuously getting rid of as […]
I grow green beans in the strangest places
And not always on purpose! Last year a green bean seed somehow got among my tomato plants. It gave me as many beans as if it had been growing […]
What’s growing on around here?
What would a blog from the old hippie chick be if it couldn’t include a small rant, lol. I’d like to blog about some things that are important to me, […]
A few Roma tomatoes, lol
About 1/3 of my crop of Roma plum tomatoes. I planted two plants. I’ll give some away tomorrow, cook with some in the next few days, and dehydrate a […]
Ahh, summer, when you can grow food
Here’s a big bunch of tomatoes, some of which will be shared, some eaten, and some dehydrated. Lots more coming. I’ve been picking green beans and black eyed peas every […]
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