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Drought
Every year of this cancer journey, I’ve found a reflection of my physical state in the life of my garden. I have always seen the cancer as akin to a noxious weed, something that just keeps coming back and which … Continue reading
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Tagged chemotherapy, drought, garden, homestead, ovarian cancer, prairie, vegetable gardening
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Greenhouse Effect
This year I feel like a different gardener than in years past. It isn’t about cancer– all that did was lose me a year of gardening. But I’m more confident about all the crops, more in tune with what is … Continue reading
Posted in food, garden, Greenhouse, the Farm
Tagged greenhouse gardening, Minnesota vegetable gardening, vegetable gardening
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Some Garden Cookin’
What a difference a week can make. We had a visit from Steve’s daughter Catherine and her boyfriend Homer over the 4th of July holiday. When they arrived, June 26, I scrounged to make a meal. It was fabulous, farmer’s … Continue reading
Posted in garden, recipe
Tagged beet green recipe, cabbage, chicken stir fry, edible garden, garden stir fry, organic gardening, stir fry, summer vegetables, vegetable gardening
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Flowerland
It is difficult to get motivated about the flower garden when you look out the window and the whole “backyard” is coming up in wildflowers. In fact, at the retreat house where I work, which will have its first major … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening, prairie, vegetable gardening, wildflowers
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Kraut
Every day I’m harvesting produce, and it’s still kind of alarming to see all of it in the pails on the counter or out on the ledge by the kitchen door. Every day I try to do something that counts … Continue reading
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Tagged cabbage, fall harvest, growing vegetables, homemade sauerkraut, organic gardening, red pepper sauce, sauerkraut, tomatillo salsa, vegetable gardening
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The Season
It’s been a strange season in the garden. No two years have been alike, it’s true, but this season has been like a series of mini-explosions. I think I can still stand by my statement that it’s the best season … Continue reading
Posted in garden, the Farm, Uncategorized
Tagged 2014 garden season, vegetable gardening
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Daily Harvests
I’m thinking next year I might do a little photo project and during June-October take photos of what I harvest every day. Or, you know, maybe just for August and September. Because every day I fill as many pails as … Continue reading
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Tagged cabbage, fermenting, garden tomatoes, sauerkraut, vegetable gardening
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Salmon and Peas in Cream Sauce
One of the best things about summer, when there’s so much produce, is sitting around with an ingredient in mind and figuring out what I want to do with it and then how to make it happen. It might be … Continue reading
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Tagged garden peas recipe, pasta with cream sauce, peas and salmon, vegetable gardening
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July Garden Tour
I keep hearing how everything is late this year, but you couldn’t tell by me. Everything this summer has crept up on me. I wasn’t ready for my birthday in June. July 4 went by like a blur. And in … Continue reading
Posted in garden, the Farm
Tagged beans, green arrow peas, mid-summer vegetables, organic gardening, organic vegetable growing, pea pesto, peas, summer, vegetable gardening
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