Monthly Archives: August 2011
Before and after
Oh early June. It was a time of great hope. Few if any vegetable-eating insects. Barely a day over 70 degrees. Full of excitement, I leaned out my upstairs window and took some pictures of the garden. They turned out … Continue reading
Recipe: cucumber-mint sorbet
What do you do when you accidentally end up with a couple of giant cucumbers? We sought the answer to this very question last week: Fortunately we now have an answer: cucumber mint sorbet! Ingredients: 2 very large cucumbers 1/2 … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking and baking, Practical
Vine-ripened tomatoes
A neighbor asked me recently when was the best time to pick tomatoes. In the past, I always left mine on the plant until they were very ripe. Recently, I’ve been picking them sooner. Last year we visited Natura farm … Continue reading
And now, squash vine borers
Well, that’s it. I’m pretty much ready to throw in the towel on 2011′s garden. It’s been one thing after another around here — thank goodness I don’t have to actually sustain my family on this garden because we’d be … Continue reading
Garlic and squirrel war
Here’s the garlic, all cleaned up and tied into a nice, neat (huge) bunch: Thank goodness the garlic turned out, because everything else has been rather uninspiring. Here’s yesterday’s harvest: Those turnips were rather small and woody. I did not … Continue reading
