Yesterday, I harvested the 2nd and last row of parsnips. These were slightly better than the first:
Some of them were even almost perfect. They were all tasty. This was my final harvest for 2009 so the whole family got involved with putting a leaf blanket on the soil for the winter:
Rowan and Anneke used buckets; [...]
Parsnip harvest time today, and a beautiful 60 degree day it was, with sunshine.
You can’t pull parsnips out like you do with carrots; they are so big that the top would break off before you could pull the whole thing out. Instead you must loosen the soil around the parsnip with a fork, then pull [...]
We got celeriac in our CSA last week. It’s a kind of celery, but it’s grown as a root vegetable (from Wikipedia). I’d never had it before. Here’s what it looked like, raw:
You can use the root just as you’d use any root vegetable, and the leaves can be used like parsley. Adam cut up [...]
Today’s full-share CSA box included:
1 head Romanesco broccoli (they look like little christmas trees!)
1 bag of salad mix
1 bag of grapes
7 or 8 parsnips
3 gorgeous heirloom tomatoes of unknown variety
5 heirloom roma tomatoes
2 bell peppers
Sweet corn (enough for two meals)
2 heads kohlrabi
1 bunch French breakfast radishes
4 zucchinis
I couldn’t care less about the zucchinis, but everything [...]
September is here. The end is near. A little over a week ago it started getting down into the low 50s every single night. Fall has arrived, a bit early, and after a very cool summer. Let’s assess the damage, and note the encroaching zucchini in nearly every picture:
My attempt at late-season beets gets a [...]
This happens every year. OK this is really only my second year with a real garden but it happened last year too. I get to mid-August, and I walk past the garden, and I see 2 ft tall weeds, and I think “meh.” My sense of urgency is completely gone. Except I do still have [...]
These animated garden gifs are getting HUGE, but they are still kinda fun, so here goes.
The green beans aren’t changing much anymore at this point. We are harvesting beans every 2-3 days. We aren’t getting as huge a crop as I hoped; last year we had beans coming out of our ears. I think we [...]
Happy Summer Solstice! Gardening in my narrow spot between two two-story buildings has really made me keenly aware of the sun’s angle. Sad but true: in only a month part of my garden will be shaded by the neighbor’s house for part of the day. So I hope these guys are soaking up the sun [...]
Yesterday our first CSA box arrived! We decided to split a share of Food 4 Thought CSA with our next-door neighbors.
Things that are cool about Food 4 Thought:
1. They deliver to your door (only in Mpls)
2. They get produce from 3 different farms, minimizing your risk
3. Fruit is included! (YAY!)
For those of you who are [...]
Photo: Adam being goofy with a particularly large parsnip from our 2008 garden.
I’ve been thinking about mashed parsnips lately. Parsnip-eating season is still months and months away, but I will post this now in the hopes that you might still find the time to plant a few of these in your garden so that [...]
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