Posted on December 18, 2021December 19, 2021Low 19 F forecast tonight Leaves to insulate the baby bok choy Leaves to insulate the baby lettuce The screen (made to keep rabbits out) holds the leaves in, in case there is wind. Apparently one should blanch small round fruit before attempting to make raisins. Regular ground cherries. A chironomid fly adult chilling near garage door. Some sort of cutworm, on collard greens, the previous night. I threw it out in yard where hopefully the mockingbird will find it. I touched another dog! The Chef successfully made honey mead! We tried it. Was good. He says it needs to age now. Crabapple jelly central. Hanging out in his haunted mansion.
Posted on December 17, 2021Give peas a chance Thomas Laxton sugar peas doing very well in a cherry tree planter.
Posted on December 12, 2021December 12, 2021Venison and hog chili paste with sweet basil and egg foo yong Paula cooked us this delicious Thai sour and spicy entree. From the garden ingredients were green tomatoes, walking onions, and cilantro. The dessert in the middle is called bua loy, which is rice flour balls in sweetened coconut milk. A delicious and filling meal!!
Posted on December 11, 2021December 11, 2021Winter crop attempts Got this cool season wheat from Native Seed Search. It sprouted yesterday!!! One of the lettuce seeds from Paula (Parris Island Cos Romaine) also came up the day before yesterday, on Thursday.
Posted on December 11, 2021December 11, 2021Generous neighbors Our neighbors have a crabapple tree that is loaded with fruit, and offered us as many as we can pick. Yesterday, with the Chef and Paula and me, that was about 50 pounds. Paula and the Chef cut off the blossom ends and boiled them. More updates as they occur! The Chef made tiny adorable ham croissants with lemon garlic aioli for dinner. Swiss chard (Fordham giant variety) from the garden is the green.
Posted on December 4, 2021December 4, 2021The illusion of plenty Green tomatoes have been gradually ripening indoors. Had kale and tomato salad and a chard salad last night. The Chef is not a kale fan. I’m not sure I was either by itself, needed either more pre treatment or mixing in other greens.
Posted on December 2, 2021December 2, 2021Afternoon light Dwarf Bendigo tomato has more flower buds but none big enough to open yet.
Posted on November 29, 2021November 29, 2021Saturday butter beans We did more fall garden clean up on Saturday. Look at the size of the roots on this Peruvian ground cherry!! Neat clouds. The Lima bean vines were dead but still had some green pods, so we asked The Chef to attempt butter beans. He also added a few slices of jalapeño. Some drier limas that still need drying but weren’t green enough for the butter beans. Yum! Thanksgiving leftovers with butter beans.