Category Archives: We Grew This
An Important Announcement About Gardening
I was getting all ready to start putting together posts about our recent awesome vacation in Dallas, but then something amazing happened that is putting the organization of our (kick-ass) pictures on hold. Look at this: Dozens of frying peppers, … Continue reading
Filed under Bonanza!, Garden, Harvested, Lessons Learned, We Grew This
Winging It, CSA-Style
Okay, so having a share in a CSA is a wonderful thing, but sometimes you find yourself in a bit of a jam, where you have too many vegetables that need immediate attention. Yesterday was one of those nights for … Continue reading
Filed under 4. August, 8. August, Farm Share, Garden, Harvested, Hearty Meals, We Grew This, Winging It
Baked Pinquito Beans — A Revelation
A couple of years ago Boomer and I took a two-day “BBQ Boot Camp” course at the Culinary Institute of America. One of the things we made during production there was baked beans, and it was really the first time … Continue reading
Filed under 4. August, BBQ, Farm Share, We Grew This, Worth Selling Your Soul For
Ice Cream Byproducts, In Cocktail Form
So we’re working on making ice cream this weekend, using the blackberries from the farm (a pint) and the raspberries we’ve picked off our own canes in the last few days (about a half a pint). To ready the berries … Continue reading
Filed under 4. August, 8. August, Drinky-Drinky, Farm Share, Garden, Harvested, We Grew This, Worth Selling Your Soul For
This Is What We’d Been Planning All Along
So, way back on February 18 we could wait no longer to start gardening and dropped some tomato seeds into little seedling trays. On March 30 it was unseasonably sunny and warm, so we sat out on the deck and … Continue reading
Filed under Garden, Harvested, Pommerdoodling, We Grew This, Worth Selling Your Soul For
The Great Garlic Taste Test Of ’08
Now that the entire garlic crop has been picked and cured, it’s time to tackle that most onerous task: figuring out which one tastes best. The three contenders in today’s battle are, in no particular order: Persian Star Chesnok Red … Continue reading
Filed under 7. July, Garden, Harvested, Lessons Learned, Taste Test, We Grew This
A Blushing Pinko
We’ve been drawing a rather steady harvest of a handful of raspberries a day from our wee raspberry canes in the backyard. It’s been pretty remarkable, actually, how these scraggly plants — which we thought we killed in the car … Continue reading
Filed under Drinky-Drinky, We Grew This
Is That Bulgur I See There?
Back in September, 2002 there was a recipe for Chicken and Bulgur Salad with Avocado Food & Wine that I decided to try because I happened to have a bottle of the recommended wine pairing (a 2001 Lindemans Padthaway chardonnay) … Continue reading
Filed under 2. June, Farm Share, Garden, Harvested, Hearty Meals, We Grew This
Radish Harvest Redux
Okay, last weekend we pulled up two dime-sized radishes and called it a harvest. This weekend our radish chevron had filled in considerably… …so we had a much more substantial haul: Those are French Breakfast and Plum Purple radishes; the … Continue reading
Filed under 5. May, Garden, Harvested, We Grew This
The Garlicky Fruits Of Spring
The other day Pookie emailed me at work to say, “Check out this link — we need to investigate this green garlic thing!” I proceeded to spend a delightful afternoon reading the rest of Farmgirl Susan’s wonderful blog, and then … Continue reading
Filed under 5. May, Carbo Loading, Garden, Harvested, Lessons Learned, We Grew This
