Satsumas
We’ve been picking our first satsumas. They’re the Kimbrough variety. They’re so good–and they look so magical hanging on the tree, like little golden Chinese lanterns.
Homegrown Fruit and Veggies
Homegrown Pecans
Last weekend we started harvesting pecans from our giant pecan tree. We have a handy “pecan picker-upper” that makes gathering the nuts really easy. It’s a little round cage on a pole, and as you roll the cage along the ground, the pecans get trapped …
Precious, Fleeting Fall
This weekend the weather was crisp and sparkly, as it has been around here for the last couple weeks. We’ve got quite a bit of fall color in the yard, which I’ve been trying my best to savor. …
New and Improved Vegetable Garden
Over the past two weekends we completely revamped our vegetable garden. We had some problems with it this year. I think most of the trouble was caused by the horrible drought we’ve been experiencing, but there were also problems with overcrowding. You see, our main …
Hot Pepper Harvest and a Spicy Stew
A few of our lovely homegrown peppers This weekend we did a lot of weeding in the brutal heat and sun. Sometimes I feel sorry for Rob because this is what I like to do on the weekend; I like to labor. And so he …
Furry Friends and Tomatoes
Last weekend was a pretty typical summer weekend for us. We spent it gathering baskets of tomatoes from our garden (the Romas and Matt’s Wild Cherries are doing so great) and making fresh salsa and other tomato-y things. …
Potato Harvest
Well, I’m finally getting around to posting about this year’s potato harvest. We planted our potatoes on February 5 and harvested on June 4. We dug 8 pounds, 6 ounces of Red Pontiac potatoes and 15 pounds, 12 ounces of Kennebec potatoes. Since then, we’ve …
More Tomatoes
This week we picked lots more tomatoes–Romas, Bonnie Hybrids, Sun Golds, and Matt’s Wild Cherries–and today we used them to make a huge pot of marinara sauce jazzed up with homegrown hot peppers, garlic, onions, basil, and oregano.
Using Up Tomatoes
Our main task every Sunday is to use up the many pounds of tomatoes we have harvested throughout the week. We’ve been getting baskets full of Cherokee Purples, Romas, Stupices, Sun Golds, Sun Sugars, and Matt’s Wild Cherries. Here is last Sunday’s tomato-heavy feast: Vegetable …
