Tag: garden
Pickled Green Cherry Tomatoes
What happens when you plant excess dill for the pollinators and black swallow caterpillars? You have a boatload of dill to harvest and you make pickles. What happens when your beautiful and loaded Roma cherry tomato plant mysteriously gets the roots eaten? (Thank you so much little pocket gopher.) You dry your tears and…
Sriracha Swiss Chard Pickles
Another Swiss chard recipe today and and I thought this one would be a keeper. Who doesn’t love pickles? Who doesn’t love Sriracha? Who doesn’t love Swiss chard? OK, there may be a few out there who don’t care for the beautiful leafy stuff or the spicy Asian condiment, but let me tell you, …
Garden Update
A few carrots (very few), lots of roses, some peonies, and bees!
Stick a fork in it…
Make garden markers out of used wine corks and cheap forks.
Garlic Confit
During the end of June this summer, I harvested wagon loads of garlic. Then I got smart and started trimming the stalks at the garlic bed. I ended up with two full baskets of garlic. I had had my eye on this recipe for some time. I am a magazine ripper, meaning I…
Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins (and a weird squash)
Have you ever been over to M.J.’s Kitchen? If not, you must stumbled over there as soon as you are able. Last January, M.J. posted about an unusual squash with an unusual name: Cushaw Pumpkin. These things do not look like pumpkins at all. Besides the weird name, they were…
Spiced Peach Jam with Brandy
Our white peaches ripened (along with all the grapes and a peck of cucumbers).
Zucchini Bread
Is it just me, or does “zucchini” always look misspelled? I’m just sayin’. I started growing Astia Zucchini last summer after hearing about it on NPR. Renee’s Garden was being featured and this was a new seed variety for the company. I ordered it primarily because it was good for containers. …
The Garden Tour
Over July 4th, we traveled to Iowa to see Mom, Sis and the boys (two nephews and a brother-in-law). I have previously featured a few of their garden specimens for Abigail’s Virtual Flowers so if you are an avid reader, you may see some repeats. Mom and my sister’s family share a back…
Garden at the Lake
A show stopping garden at Grand Lake and a spot to get sustenance before or after your visit.