Category Archives: Gardening

My Huge Melon

I finally decided to harvest one of my two watermelons.  It weights a ton, and is huge.  Amber was convinced it would be under-ripe, white, and tasteless.  Turns out it is a little over-ripe, super juicy, and delicious.

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Garden Update: September 6, 2010

After many weeks of hiding from the heat, I finally did some gardening today.  Most of the poor plants out there look bad, but I did harvest some black-eyed peas that are still putting out pods, and I have a … Continue reading

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Cantaloupe is in Season

My cantaloupes are ripening, and this is my favorite thing about having a garden.  They are great.  This picture is of the biggest fruit I’ve seen.  You might think it is difficult to eat this much cantaloupe for a family … Continue reading

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Garden Update: July 5, 2010

I need to start thinking about what fall crops to plant, it is time to get seedlings started already. My tomato plants have been a big disappointment again this year. I’ll probably buy several seedlings from a nursery to see … Continue reading

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Local, It’s What’s For Dinner

Amber suggested that a picture of the cooked food was much more appropriate blog fodder than just the raw food. After lots of cutting and cleaning, here is what she fed the family with tonight. Fried Okra (Glenda Style), sautéd … Continue reading

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More CSA Food

I went by and picked up another distribution of food from our CSA after work today. Looks like lots of good food, and we haven’t even got to the good stuff yet. Armenian cucumber (which is actually a melon), okra … Continue reading

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Dinner From the Yard

When it was time for me to cook dinner tonight, I instinctively walked into the pantry and thought to myself, “what can I make that is quick and easy”. Staring at all the packaged and processed foods, I gave myself … Continue reading

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New Food At Home

We received our first delivery of local food from our CSA this past weekend. Here is a picture of our ‘one share’ of food. And, as if that wasn’t cool enough, some of my plants are starting to produce too. … Continue reading

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Garden Update – June 5, 2010

SUBTITLE: “The Garden Invasion of 2010” I’m having some issues with pests. My sunflowers suffered a tremendous blow from what I think was a mouse. The cantaloupe also took a beating from that same animal. My potatoes are turning brown … Continue reading

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Plum-Flavored Sugar, Hold the Worms

I’ve quickly moved through the 5 stages of grief since finding that my precious plums were playing host to some very rude and uninvited worms.  A few people advised me to just cut out the bad parts of the fruit … Continue reading

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