Archive for the ‘Garden’ Category

Tomato Update

Tomato sauce bubbling away on the stove is a happy thing. I think that the Giant Italian Paste tomatoes make the best sauce. They do not have as many seeds as other varieties and the sauce thickens quickly. It smells good in here. I take the green tomato stems out to my chickens. It is […]

August 30, 2013 · Sarah · No Comments
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Cut-Offs

The tomatoes are finally abundant enough to do some serious sauce! It’s about time! The extreme hot weather has been good for something. Cutting off an old pair of jeans into shorts improves my comfort zone. I would not wear them anywhere except the garden and the kitchen, but they sure do help to keep […]

August 29, 2013 · Sarah · No Comments
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Elderberries Are Ripe

My Elderberry bush is a vision of what is soon to become jars of Elderberry Jam. Elderberry pie is good too. Yum!

August 20, 2013 · Sarah · One Comment
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Seasons

The tiny cabbage seeds have come full circle. They grew into huge green cabbages in the main garden. The next step, was to turn them into sour kraut. Today, I will be canning the kraut. Since moving to the farm, twenty years ago, I have learned to appreciate and to celebrate each season of things. […]

August 15, 2013 · Sarah · No Comments
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Harvesting

We will be harvesting garlic, broccoli, and cabbage this week. The garlic will be hung up to dry. The broccoli will become broccoli/cheese soup and frozen, and the cabbage will become Sauerkraut! Bob will be running the tiller to clean up the garden area where the garlic, broccoli, and cabbage grew. The Herb harvest has […]

July 29, 2013 · Sarah · One Comment
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Purple, Red, and Green

The serious processing of harvest has begun. Today, I worked at three “stations’ in my kitchen. The Red area had crates of Bing Cherry’s. They were pitted and placed into quart bags for freezing. The Purple area had crates of Blueberries. They were put into quart bags for freezing. The Green station consisted of a […]

July 26, 2013 · Sarah · No Comments
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In The basket

Wax beans, one cucumber, one zucchini squash, and a bunch of straw flowers are in the basket, and I am back inside. Water for the sheep and big dogs, water for the flower cart, and water for the hanging baskets, and I am back inside. Walk for the poodle and one Pyrenees on the road […]

July 16, 2013 · Sarah · No Comments
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Strawberries

Our strawberry crop is amazing, the best we have ever had. The last picking was turned into Strawberry Jam. It will be soooo good served up on a hot biscuit in the middle of a Minnesota winter. Life is good.

July 12, 2013 · Bob · No Comments
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