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• Color, Frost, and Freezing Peppers: Autumn in the Kitchen Garden
  on Oct 21, 2013 in peppers the autumn garden
  The last of summer's bounty color coordinated for fall. Realization of the Day: I managed to go all summer without posting anything here. Thankfully it wasn't because there wasn't anything going on in the garden; just the opposit...
• Recipe: Lemony Tuna and Artichoke Picnic Sandwiches with Fresh Basil (and a $100 Visa Gift Card Giveaway!)
  on Jun 18, 2013
  These Lemony Tuna and Artichoke Cooler-Pressed Sandwiches are my new favorite lunch—and they aren't just for picnics. Tuna packed in olive oil is combined with marinated artichoke hearts, lemon, and fresh basil on crusty baguettes for a scrumptious...
• Recipe: Lemony Tuna and Artichoke Picnic Sandwiches with Fresh Basil
  on Jun 18, 2013
  These Lemony Tuna and Artichoke Cooler-Pressed Sandwiches are my new favorite lunch—and they aren't just for picnics. Tuna packed in olive oil is combined with marinated artichoke hearts, lemon, and fresh basil on crusty baguettes for a scrumptious...
• Growing in the Raised Vegetable Beds Right Now: Kitchen Garden Journal 6/12/13
  on Jun 12, 2013
  Eggplant, peppers, basil, volunteer lettuce, and our new cat, Jasper, who loves to march through (and roll around in) all the garden beds. Want to see more? You'll find photos of what's happening each week in my kitchen garden (and all ar...
• Heads Up: A Great Deal on My Favorite Farm and Garden Cart
  on May 17, 2013 in garden tools
  Using some muscle last month to prepare a neglected (and falling apart) 4'x8' raised bed for planting (it had been unused so long there was a tree growing out of it). One of the first purchases I made after moving to the country 18 years ago was a...
• At Last: My First 2013 Seed Order (and Two Great Gardening Books)
  on Mar 2, 2013
  Lucky Buddy Bear guards a raised bed of direct seeded beets and spring greens, while the wire fencing laid over the bed keeps it safe from Bear—and cats and rabbits and any other destructive critters (taken 4/1/07). I received an e-mail from Di...
• How To Grow Your Own Garlic (and How To Not Get Any Planted): Garden Journal 1/1/13
  on Jan 1, 2013 in the winter garden garlic how to
  Save your biggest cloves for planting next year's garlic crop. Realization of the Day: December is a bad time for me to plan on planting my garlic. Of course I knew this already. The best time to plant garlic is a month or two before the...
• What's Growing in the Late November Kitchen Garden: Journal Entry 11/26/12
  on Nov 26, 2012 in the autumn garden kale
  This volunteer dwarf Siberian kale plant doesn't mind the cold. Did you eat anything from your garden for Thanksgiving? I'm kind of embarrassed to admit the only thing I harvested was some fragrant lemon thyme that I stuffed inside a loca...
• Growing (and Using!) Your Own Fresh Herbs: My Six Favorite Varieties
  on Nov 13, 2012
  Taken today: a happy pot of Greek oregano is surrounded by volunteer, easy to grow Swiss chard in the unheated, homemade greenhouse. Chives, basil, Greek oregano, lemon thyme, Italian parsley, and lemon balm. It's the middle of November in zone f...
• How To Ripen Green Tomatoes Indoors the Really Easy Way
  on Oct 14, 2012
  Will green tomatoes ripen after picking them? Yes! Have you had your first frost yet? Ours was a little early this year, and we've even had one 24 degree morning. When the forecast called for several nippy nights in a row last week, I went throug...

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