Garden

Rain, Rain Go Away!

Until today, I had not been out to the garden since last Wednesday. This is what I found in the rain gauge when I went out there this afternoon:From last Thursday through Saturday night we got almost FIVE inches of rain. I think it might have been the remanents of tropical storm Lowell (from the… Continue reading Rain, Rain Go Away!

Cooking

Roasted Eggplant Soup

The eggplant plants have been producing tons of eggplants this year. I've been seeking out eggplant recipes and came across this one for Roasted Eggplant Soup on All Recipes. I'm kind of a soup junkie so I was all over it. I pretty much made it as stated in the recipe except I only used… Continue reading Roasted Eggplant Soup

Food

Strawberry Corn

Back in week 14 of my CSA program I received three ears of dried strawberry corn in my share. Strawberry corn is basically small ears of red corn that look like strawberries. The CSA guy said to let the ears sit on the counter for another week and then I could put them in a… Continue reading Strawberry Corn

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CSA: Week 17

A better CSA share this week! I received: 1 zucchini 1 green pepper 2 tomatoes 2 small hot peppers a bunch of okra This was perfect timing on the zucchini because I haven't had a zucchini from the garden in several weeks now. I'm just about over my previous zucchini saturation. I was not so… Continue reading CSA: Week 17

Garden

Garden Count Update

I have finally added up my tallys over the past two months and here are the numbers of everything I have picked from the garden so far. These numbers only include good items and do not include anything that went straight into the compost bin.Zucchini - 77Bush beans - 2,192Grape tomatoes - 508Okra - 98Watermelon… Continue reading Garden Count Update

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CSA: Week 16

Kind of a disappointing share this week. I received: 3 tomatoes (one with a bad spot) 2 green tomatoes (as in unripe tomatoes for making fried green tomatoes) 1 teensy banana pepper about the size of my thumb 1 half green, half red bell pepper (already wrinkled in places) 2-3 handfuls of yellow salad tomatoes… Continue reading CSA: Week 16

Cooking

Eggplant Croquettes

I found this recipe when searching out ways to use up all the eggplants from the garden. Croquette is just a fancy word for patty. I actually made this recipe two different ways. The first time I made it I fried the patties as the recipe says. Eggplant Croquettes 4 servings 1 medium eggplant, peeled… Continue reading Eggplant Croquettes

Garden

I’m Choppin’ Broccoli….

Friday's harvest (08/29/08):That large dark green round blob on the left is a 24.5 pound watermelon! That's 9 pounds bigger than the previous record holder. I haven't cut into it yet so hopefully it is ripe. I can't imagine that it wouldn't be. It's been sitting in the garden for quite a while.Now the green… Continue reading I’m Choppin’ Broccoli….

Cooking

Mexican Zucchini Casserole

I made this recipe several weeks ago when I had overflowing zucchini in the fridge. I found it on All Recipes and was intrigued at putting zucchini into a Mexican type dish. The original recipe can be found here. Below is the way I made it, with a few modifications to suit my tastes. Spicy… Continue reading Mexican Zucchini Casserole

Garden

Harvest 8/27/08

Here's what I harvested yesterday:The peppers are looking better and better. The first few I picked about a week or 10 days ago were not looking so hot. And before that there were several that rotted right on the plant that had to go straight to the compost.That's the biggest quantity of big boy tomatoes… Continue reading Harvest 8/27/08