Archive for the ‘Garden’ Category

Seeds

I have promised myself that I will wait until after Christmas to read my new seed catalogs. It is hard. My favorite seed company is Bakers Creek Heirloom Seed. Their new catalog arrived yesterday.  It always has glossy photos, and lots of practical information. Every year, they have new varieties of heirloom seeds. There is […]

December 6, 2011 · Sarah · No Comments
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Cannon

My son came all the way from Hawaii  to visit and I put him to work planting garlic! He does remember how to use a shovel.  We should have over 1000 cloves in the ground this year.  He remembers how to hug his Mom too.  This is all good!

October 28, 2011 · Sarah · One Comment
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Tilling

Bob is tilling the main garden. Our tiller (Troy Built Pony) weighs  around 350 pounds.  Bob just came in with a need for a break. It seems that running the tiller is like wrestling a gorilla. If the weather holds, we will have the tilling finished, the garlic planted, and new plastic up on the […]

October 21, 2011 · Sarah · No Comments
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Snow?

I heard a rumor that we may have a flake or two of the white stuff. That means that I move the potatoes from the porch into the root cellar, bake some more squash and freeze it, and finish up on the apple sauce project.   So much to do and so little time. Our garlic […]

October 18, 2011 · Sarah · One Comment
Posted in: Garden, Kitchen

House plants

All my house plants spent the summer outdoors. They enjoyed the sunshine and being watered with the garden hose.  Today, they were moved back inside. The plants are lined up on window sills and table tops.  I watered all of them and trimmed off dead leaves. The plants will brighten up the cold winter. My […]

October 17, 2011 · Sarah · No Comments
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Celebrate the Season

I grow pumpkins–lot and lots of pumpkins. They become pies.  But–they are also fun to decorate the porch and the living room. Besides the big pumpkins, I planted a whole bunch of the tiny little orange pumpkins. I also planted the tiny all white ones.  Different color gourds were planted too. Decorating has begun and […]

September 29, 2011 · Sarah · No Comments
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Good

The last potato has been dug, the last tomato picked. The grape vines are empty. All the pumpkins and the squash are stacked in huge piles by the back porch. The hay is in the loft for the sheep. Firewood  has been cut. The harvest is complete.  It feels good.

September 26, 2011 · Sarah · No Comments
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Butternut Squash

I am baking the first butternut squash for the season.  It is stuffed with chopped apple, raisins, pecans, Cinnamon and a little brown sugar. It sure smells good in here.

September 23, 2011 · Sarah · No Comments
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Grapes and Apples

Phase # 1 is complete this morning.  The last batch of grape juice is bubbling away on the stove. My hands are purple. My fingernails are purple. The spots on my kitchen floor are purple. Phase # 2 is grape jelly. I have helpers coming to pick grapes this afternoon. My deal with them is […]

September 22, 2011 · Sarah · No Comments
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Grapes

My kitchen is piled high with buckets and baskets full of grapes. Today is the day for grape juice and grape jelly. By tonight, my hands will be purple—but happy.

September 19, 2011 · Sarah · No Comments
Posted in: Garden, Kitchen