I have developed a cold. It sucks. I'm laying in bed with a box of tissues, watching my all-time favorite movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, waiting for my nighttime cold medicine to kick in. I also thought I could catch up on some blogs I have had planned for weeks! This tiny watermelon has… Continue reading Mini Mees
CSA: Week 18
Arg! I'm so far behind on blogging. Here's a quick update on last week's CSA. I received: 2 yellow bell peppers some tomatoes (I don't remember how many!) green beans small jar of blackberry jam! I think that was everything. If I think of anything else I'll come back and add it later. I tried… Continue reading CSA: Week 18
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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….
Everything Is Homemade 