Category: Garden

Harvesting kale and chard like crazy these days… just in case we hit a deep freeze and lose a bunch. Also, keeping it nicely trimmed up keeps it healthy and growing (tip: always take the leaves from the bottom of the stalk, trimming off any hole-ridden or damaged leaves as you go- you can take … Continue reading “Happy Friday!”

Most of what is still thriving in our garden is the big leafy green stuff: the swiss chard and different varieties of kale. But what has surprised me is our abundance of strawberries! Despite the temperatures dipping into the 30’s at night, those berries keep coming. It is our first season growing strawberries, so we … Continue reading “October Garden 2013”

This past weekend, we finally got around to cutting down the huge sunflower plant Milo had planted last spring. We harvested all the sunflower seeds from several dried flowers, rubbing our fingers across the smooth surfaces until all the seeds were freed. I would have roasted and salted them, but after assessing the amount of … Continue reading “Harvest/Make”

Our early fall garden is doing remarkably well after I went through and pulled up all of our demolished cruciferous plants- the kale, cabbage, broccoli and rapini- all of it sad and eaten by cabbage butterflies and their caterpillars. More kale went in quickly to get the most of our growing season, and this time … Continue reading “Yummy Stuff: Roasted Butternut Squash with Thyme”

Man, oh, man. I know I’ve said it before, but what a difference weather makes! Finally we experienced some nice cool days. The boys and I went it alone for most of the time- Andrew was out of town Friday and Saturday, then made it home just in time Saturday night for a neighborhood pizza … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”