pumpkin soup

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Its the day after the Feast. One of the best leftovers is the pumpkin soup. Its good plain, with creme fraiche, or even with a dollop of stuffing in it. Its a wonderful combination of ginger, leeks and pumpkin. Delicious. Yesterday, we served the pumpkin soup as a first course with an exquisite champagne, grilled local kielbasa, creme fraiche and a garnish of cilantro. I did not hear any complaints. The Jarrahdale pumpkin is the best tasting pumpkin I’ve grown so far. Bright orange color flesh with mild sweet pumpkin…
 
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Thanksgiving

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Recipes (I’ll eventually add links to all of these): Pumpkin bread (recipe)Black bread (recipe)White bread (recipe)Pumpkin soup (recipe)Cherry wood smoked turkeyCornbread stuffing with sausage, apples and celeriacBaked squash and sweet potatoes (recipe)Sauteed fall greens with ginger and sesame seeds (recipe)Kristan’s cranberry cake
 
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baked butternut squash and sweet potatoes

 
 
Bake 5 sweet potatoes at 400*F til slightly soft (about 15 min).Peel 2 butternut squashes. Cut into 1 inch cubes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake in a large casserole dish 30 min at 400*.Peel sweet potatoes, cube, add to squash and mix. Sprinkle with brown sugar and dot with butter. Bake covered 30-45 min at about 375*.
 
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Thanksgiving menu

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Appetizers OlivesCheese plateCrackers (Mom)Chips, salsa and cheese dipSmoked salmon and anchovy wrapped olivesSpanakopitaPistachios (Mom)Grilled kielbasa (Ben)Popcorn (the last of my homegrown crop) Bread basketPumpkin bread (homegrown Baby Pam pumpkin)Anadama breadWhite breadRye breadBlack breadFirst CoursePumpkin soup (homegrown Jarrahdale served in the pumpkin shell)Champagne (Dad) Main courseSmoked turkey with herb rub Cornbread stuffing with sausage, homegrown celeriac and applesGravy with gibletsMashed potatoes (homegrown potatoes)Baked butternut squash and sweet potato puree (homegrown squash)Sautéed fall greens with bacon Grilled parsnips and multicolor baby carrots (homegrown)Fresh fall greens with cranberries, pecans and GorgonzolaCranberry sauce DessertApple…
 
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a collection of late summer and fall garden photos

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I’m actually trying to pick a photo to enter in the contest at Fine Gardening: The Autumn Garden. The prize is a time lapse camera, which sounds really fun. You can enter 5 photos until November 30. It’ll take me that long to pick I think.
 
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we’ll be in a magazine soon!

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Skippy and I will be in Fine Gardening’s “GROW” in January. A little piece on pickling cucumbers with some of my photos. I’m watching for it. I hope Skippy smiled nicely.
 
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garden aerial

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Deep shadows. Piles of compost on the beds. Fallen maple leaves. Still growing: Sage, parsley, oregano, collard greens, celeriac and marigolds. The dahlia still hasn’t frozen down. (Lower right of photo.) We haven’t had a hard frost up next to the house yet. I usually wait til is dies back to dig the tubers, but will probably do this today anyway.
 
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the best restaurant around

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The East Coast Grill! What a fantastic experience to eat here! The best local seafood and fresh vegetable cooked to perfection and then some! Its like heaven! Of course every time we go there, the parking lot is full. (The scooter solved that problem – we pull up on the sidewalk.) And the usual wait is over an hour, and they don’t take reservations. But an awesome bartender makes sure everyone is happy – until the chef makes them even happier. I always come away with hundreds of ideas for…
 
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Kathy Martin
This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy thinks the garden is his, even though I do all the work. We're located near Boston, in USDA zone 6. I have bees, chickens, fruit trees and berry bushes, too. I use all sustainable organic methods and strive to grow all of my family's vegetables myself. -Kathy


weeks and counting until my last spring frost

What I planted recently

Jan 21
thyme, lettuce, escarole

Feb 21
celery, celeriac, parsley, leeks

March 11
cabbage, kale, arugula



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April 1
peppers, eggplants, marigolds, beets

April 12
tomatoes, basil, sunflowers

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“I envision a day when every city and town has front and back yards, community gardens and growing spaces, nurtured into life by neighbors who are no longer strangers, but friends who delight in the edible rewards offered from a garden they discovered together.” – Greg Peterson

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