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Seed Planting
Today is the day to start my seeds. It is 10 degrees and the wind is howling, but spring is predicted to begin with temps in the 50s by mid-week. I imagine in the time before climatologists, people just had to … Continue reading
Mark Bittman– feh
I am now the owner of the complete cookbook collection by Mark Bittman. I have How to Cook Everything (HTCE), which is where I started, and to which I added How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. Given my new interest in … Continue reading
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Land Hurricane
Every few months I seem to hit a sort of wall and need a day more or less in bed. Last night I came home from work and went to bed, got up to eat and watch a little television, … Continue reading
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Kale, Leeks, Mushroom and Barley Stew
This recipe comes straight from Epicurious.com, who have it by way of Bon Apetit from December 2009. I wish there was a cooking magazine that was actually in tune with seasonal garden vegetables. Even Local Flavors, the popular cookbook by Deborah Madison focusing … Continue reading
Kielbasa, Kale, Leek and Potato Soup
The October garden is still giving me fresh vegetables for dinner. It’s wonderful to cut deep green leaves of kale this late in the season, and pull up the leeks, which took longer than anything else in the garden to … Continue reading
The Orchard
Logging in today, I realized I forgot to publish the State Fair entry– it was written back around September 2, but here it is the 13th… What I saw instead was the entry about keeping the farming under control. Which … Continue reading
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Yellow Tomato and Tomatillo Salsa
The great yellow tomatoes from my garden have made me really want to make a yellow tomato salsa. I knew it would have tomatillos in it, which were available at the farmer’s market yesterday. So were beautiful, long curly sweet red … Continue reading
Orange Things
In the garden, I’ve moved from the green crops to the orange crops, carrots and pumpkins. I planted the pumpkins too early, which means pumpkins in August instead of late-September, but am so pleased with the three beautifully-shaped pumpkins that … Continue reading
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Pickle Recipes
Sister Elaine gave me two more ice cream tubs of cucumbers, already cleaned and sorted into small and medium-small sizes. So I had another pickling adventure. I got recipes from Sister Elaine and from my friend Meg in Colorado. In all, I … Continue reading
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Hailstorm
pumpkin with hail-damaged leaves Last Saturday night we got home about 10:45 to discover that a bad storm had blown through about 30 minutes earlier. We’d been watching the lightning for about an hour as we’d driven north from Sleepy … Continue reading
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