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Beans, Beans
One of my early ambitions in the garden was to grow dried beans. The woman to whom I occasionally go for a massage has these gallon jars up in her kitchen filled with different colored beans. I assume she eats … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, calypso beans, dry beans, scarlett runner beans, shell beans
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A Peck of Peppers
One of my garden resolutions last year as I struggled to can 8 quarts of tomatoes was to make more recipes to can this year, instead of canning the ingredients.Yesterday I made a big batch of Thai spice tomato soup … Continue reading
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Tagged boldog peppers, feherozen peppers, paprika, paprika peppers, pepper sauce, peppers, red pepper recipe, spicy pepper sauce
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Canning Days
I’m only working two days this week, in part because the next few weeks will be very busy, but also because it is canning season. I can’t imagine being a teacher now– right when all the work has to be … Continue reading
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Tagged canning, canning produce, fingerling, garden, La Ratte potatoes, potatoes, saving produce, vegetable canning, vegetable gardening
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Tomatillos Every Way Possible
I’ve been distracted by my tomatillos. So very many tomatillos. The issue is that I haven’t really integrated them in with my other veggies. In fact, I am struggling with that in general. Last night I made Thai basil pesto and mixed … Continue reading
Thai Basil Pesto (and tomatoes)
There is so much going on in the garden it is hard to write a post on a recipe instead of the daily harvest. But I have to at least show you some tomato photos before I start picking them. … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening, Paul Robeson tomatoes, pesto, thai basil, thai basil pesto, tomatoes, vegetable gardening
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Happy “Sneak Some Zucchini on Your Neighbor’s Porch Day”
For some reason, having a lot of a single vegetable makes us panic. What will I do with all these zucchini? What will I do with all these tomatillos? Instead of just continuing with our simple preparations, we begin looking … Continue reading
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Tagged gratin, recipe for summer squash, squash on porch, summer squash, tomatoes, vegetable gardening, zucchini
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Beet Pesto
I believe not too long ago on this blog I said I was a pesto purist. Well, I am a woman of contradictions. I actually loved the pea pesto so much that I decided to try another recipe for an … Continue reading
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Tagged beet pesto, beet recipe, beets, garden beets, pesto
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Garden Feast
This week I’ve been down with a summer cold. A summer cold is its own thing, inexplicable– how could I catch something in the summer? And maybe more awful for its misery in the face of lovely weather. I’m not … Continue reading
A Trio of Garden Meals
In my overwhelmed state after returning from vacation on Sunday, I mostly wandered, weeded and randomly picked stuff in the garden. I had a lot of kitchen work, mostly having to do with radishes, beets, greens, and lettuce. I brought … Continue reading
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Tagged beet greens, beets, cooking with beer, garden peas recipe, garden pesto, mixed garden vegetables, pea pesto, pea pesto with shrimp, peas, pesto, shallots, summer garden vegetables
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