October 11, 2010

Picadilly Farm distribution

This week is the third-to-last distribution from Piccadilly Farm (only two more this fall), located in southern New Hampshire. I host a CSA distribution for them. Every week they drop off beautiful boxes of freshly harvests vegetables. This week was an exceptionally nice box, so I took a picture. A bunch of carrots, 2 giant red peppers, onions, some scallions, garlic, purple kale, pea tendrils, lettuce, a couple Delicata squash, and the most amazing sweet potato I have EVER seen. Seeing the bunch of pea tendrils, which had just started…

October 9, 2010

planning garden chores

Buy galvanized metal wire at hardware store for hoopsFind my row cover (in the basement I think)Find my clover seedBuy 10 lbs winter rye seed at the hardware store (they sell by the lb) Home GardenClear out cucumber and melon vines from cold frame.Replace torn cold frame plasticAttach cold frame coversTransplant fall seedlings into cold framePlant cover crop in beds (under tomato and pepper plants) Community PlotClear out old plantsPlant cover cropGarlic: Locate new bed, transplant volunteers, figure out how many saved bulbs to plantTransplant rhubarb to make room for…

October 8, 2010

photos of my garden plot

Here are a few pictures of what’s growing now in my community garden plot. My lettuce is finally looking good. I have lots of oak leaf coming along. I can start tinning this soon. At home, I have smaller lettuce seedlings that are looking good too: mostly Prizehead, escarole and red romaine. Other greens growing include: red bok choy (I think), mizuna, escarole frisee, spinach and arugula. The broccoli is forming its second set of heads now that the weather has cooled off. Some of these are quite…

October 6, 2010

leek and potato soup

One of my favorites! I printed out the recipe I posted a few years ago (here’s the link) and my son helped by stir it. I haven’t harvested my single celeriac yet, but the recipe is great without it. The leeks are from my local CSA. I grew leeks once long ago and they did well. I should try them again.

October 6, 2010

wet aerial view

Seems like it’s been raining all month! Plus temps are falling. Summer’s gone. Cukes and tomatoes are looking ragged. With the dampness, I haven’t done much work outside and chores are waiting. This weekend is forecast to be dry. I want to clear out the cold frame, replace the plastic and fill it with baby seedlings that are growing inside. I’ll also plant clover and winter rye under the tomatoes and in the empty beds. At my community plot, I’ll plant garlic. Maybe also consolidate the fall greens and put…

October 5, 2010

digging sweet potatoes!!!

My son helped me dig sweet potatoes on Sunday evening. What a great event!!! I have to admit that to get my 18 year old into the garden, I had to trade for something he was interested in – $$. Since he currently doesn’t have a job, but wants cash, I offered him the rate he got at his most recent job. Anyway, he got the garden fork and started in on the bed as I ripped out the vines. My sweet potato bed was about 4 by 4 feet.…

October 4, 2010

roasting chiles

My son helped with this project. He charred the chiles over the stove flame and then I peeled and seeded them. There are now 6 or 8 baggies of roasted chiles in the freezer ready for a sauce someday this winter. … click on the label below to see my past posts about chiles….

October 3, 2010

wind-ripped cold frame

We had a serious wind storm the other night. I believe it was the remnants of a hurricane, though I don’t know which one. Lots of rain and wind. Its the first time I have had damage done to my cold frame. The plastic sides were ripped open. Fortunately, plastic panels are easy to fix. We’ll staple on fresh sheets soon.

October 3, 2010

today’s harvest – cukes and tomatoes

My mom emailed and asked if I was OK. She said there were no entries on my blog since last Monday! I’m caught! Well, the garden is still growing and I’m fine I told her. Just one of those weeks where the job kind of takes over everything else. But I do have a bunch of garden things to catch up on. My larder is filling up. My fall lettuce is doing well. And I’m looking forward to a fun day of digging sweet potatoes very soon. Today’s harvest is…

September 28, 2010

my kitchen garden

Here’s the vegetable garden I grow on the side my house. This is the view from the east – the shady side. That’s the potato bed in the foreground. The cold frame is at the far right in the bright sun. It is mostly full of cucumbers right now. They are amazing this year. I pick 2 or 3 a day. Much more than I can eat. I will make another batch of pickles soon. On Sunday, I removed the melons from behind the cukes (they did not do well…

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