Here’s an interesting way to ‘compost’ your extra kitchen scraps! Found this over at Attainable Sustainable (a really cool site, check it out!). What if you don’t have a lot of space for composting? Your leftover salad greens, apple cores, Read More …
Month: September 2013
Yellow Does Not Become You
I’m talking to you, cucumbers. Pretty, but…. Yellow may look wonderful on our sunflowers and our pear tomatoes, and even on our yellow peppers. We always wanted to try yellow ‘green’ beans and are planning to try those Read More …
Green Groups may be more damaging than Climate Change Deniers
The “No Logo” author explains how environmentalists may be more damaging to their cause than climate change deniers BY JASON MARK Original Article posted HERE Canadian author Naomi Klein is so well known for her blade-sharp commentary that it’s easy to Read More …
Lingering Promises
Summer is winding down and many of our plants are closing up shop. Frost will be right around the corner. We miss our green beans; they stopped producing a couple of weeks ago. Most of our herbs are looking Read More …
Sugar Pickles
Otherwise known as Cucumber Salad! If you have a big cucumber glut like we do, this is a really tasty recipe to use some up. The flavor screams summer. I have memories of eating this stuff that Read More …
How Big a Backyard Do You Need to Live Off The Land?
Here’s an interesting visual, stretching the imagination about just how much each person could produce from their own land. The original link here includes interesting comments, both incredulous and inspired, but I think this reader’s comment sums this kind of Read More …
Awesome Recipe for the Last Green Beans
There’s a big kid in the garden! Even my almost 15-year-old gets involved with the garden, and though he finds it a bit uncool to get excited about anything, I think Patrick secretly likes the fact that we Read More …
I Dare You Not To Smile
When you come face-to-face with a sunflower! You’ve got to click The Strange History of the Sunflower for some absolutely stunning pictures of sunflowers. They are just so incredibly photogenic! Below I posted some info I found at ProFlowers.com, along with Read More …
Critter On The Loose
I’m not sure who the culprit is, but when Simon and I went out tonight to pick tomatoes, I found this. There were five tomatoes like this, all near the bottoms of the vines. Otherwise beautiful and perfect, Read More …
Beefsteaks; Not Just for Slicing!
This summer, I have mostly focused on our Amish Paste roma tomatoes, but I don’t want anyone to think they are the king of the garden. Though they make great sauce because they contain few seeds and juice–mostly Read More …