Despite the persistent 90 degree temperatures here in the ‘burb, the gardening season is beginning to wane in most of the country. Many of you are finding yourself being overrun with an abundance of tomatoes. Juicy, huge, and ripe to the point of nearly going off. It seems pointless to just let them rot on [...]
Posts Tagged ‘vegetables’
Preserving the Harvest (part 1) – How to Can Tomatoes
Posted in cooking, vegetable gardening, tagged canning vegetables, home canning, home preserving, vegetables on August 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
E.Coli Outbreak in Lettuce
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Big Agra, politics, vegetables on May 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It’s happened again. Just as the weather heats up and Americans decide a nice cool salad would hit the spot, we have an e.coli outbreak in the lettuce supply chain. So far, slightly less than 2 dozen people have been reported as sickened, but 23 States are involved in the recall. Please be careful when [...]
Preparing for Bean Overload
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged seed planting, vegetable gardening, vegetables on May 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Not counting limas, I’m guessing we have close to 300 bean plants this spring. We have a couple kinds of pole beans, bush beans and even have yellow wax beans this year. Then, there are the fore mentioned lima beans. We have about 50 of those. I envision some wearying hours of harvesting, washing and [...]
Farmers’ Market – We’re Taking The Plunge
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged farmers' market, farming, vegetables on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It seems like only yesterday that B and I created our three year plan to become self sufficient in Veg and Fruit. Yet this is the third year. Not only are we ahead of schedule, but we anticipate growing a surplus this year and setting up a stall at the Marietta Square Farmers’ Market in [...]
The Miracle of the Vegetable Heat Mat
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged seeds, vegetables on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On the surface, it looks kind of like an electric door mat. But it’s so much more. It’s like steroids for seeds, but in a good way. I’m talking about a simple seedling heat mat. There is no rocket science involved. The contraption is basically a flat waterproof heating pad. You simply set the seed [...]
Seeds, Glorious Seeds
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged gardening, seeds, vegetables on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our seeds have arrived. In some ways it’s hard to believe that it’s already time to start seedlings again, but in other ways, I’ve been ready since the end of harvest. Brittan and I will begin planting pepper seeds over Christmas weekend. We’ll start with the Jolokia (Ghost) peppers, because they require the longest germination [...]
