By emily, September 1st, 2010
As we might have said in a previous post, we grew an overly abundant amount of peppers this summer. The most fruitful was a spicy jalapeno variety called Jalafuego from Johnny’s Selected Seeds, which we expect to grow again next year. Not realizing how prolific these plants would be in the incredible heat this summer, we ended up with dozens of large jalapenos ripening at the same time. There’s only so many Mexican dishes I can make at once, and only so many jalapenos that can go in each dish! So I decided to recreate a favorite snack from my childhood (though I used to have to go to Arby’s to get my fix): jalapeno poppers.
Continue reading Recipe: Jalapeno Poppers
By naseer, August 9th, 2010
Tomato prepped for blanching
A common question I’ve heard in recent weeks is, “How do you keep up with all the food you’re harvesting?” It’s a very good question considering that it’s just the two of us, and we have a little over 1,000 square feet of garden, with about half of it cultivated quite densely. With the exceptional weather this year, the harvest has exceeded even our most optimistic predictions.
Continue reading Freezing the Harvest
By emily, July 16th, 2010
Now that the cucumbers have started coming for us, they just will not stop! We have planted two types of cucumbers. Two of our cucumber plants are of the variety Marketmore, which are a longer slender cucumber, but all of the others are a type called Alibi, which are ideal for both fresh eating and pickling. With cucumbers coming out of our ears, I decided to try making my very own pickles. I wasn’t ready to do any sort of serious canning just yet, but I found a recipe which said I could make my own pickles and as long as they stayed refrigerated, they’d remain fresh for a few weeks.
Continue reading Recipe: Bread and Butter Pickles
By naseer, July 6th, 2010
(the photo above was inspired in part by this TV commercial)
If I had to pick a single reason to justify all the planning, pruning, weeding, staking, fence-and-trellis-building, tilling, watering, worrying, and blogging (well, I guess the last one isn’t required) that goes into gardening, I could sum it up in a single word: tomatoes. That’s it. If you’ve read our first post, you know that both Emily and I have an irrational attachment to fresh garden tomatoes. And if you are a gardener yourself, especially at our latitude, you know that the benchmark of a good tomato crop is the 4th of July tomato harvest.
Continue reading Woo hoo! 4th of July Tomatoes!
By naseer, July 1st, 2010
There's no such thing as too much squash
We’re literally swimming in squash right now. Not literally in the sense of the dictionary definition, but literally in the very wrong way that people tend to overuse this word. As of July 1st, we had already harvested 24 full-sized squashes, with plenty more on the way. A few days ago, Emily posted a delicious mushroom ricotta stuffed squash recipe, so check that out if you haven’t yet. Today I wanted to share a simple yet tasty way to marinate and grill your squash.
Continue reading Recipe: Grilled Zucchini or Summer Squash
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