Green Salsa

In looking for a use for my abundance of green tomatoes, I came across this recipe here.
The first batch I made I used a combination of about half lemon juice, half lime.  I also left out the oregano and cumin. I also couldn’t get any long green chiles in SmallTown so I used a [...]

Food on Fridays: Green Tomatoes

I have been meaning to do a garden wrap-up post but just don’t have the time right now.  Maybe next week.  I do however have a minute to tell you that I am adventurous today!  I have never tasted anything with green tomatoes or done anything with them but throw them in the compost.  I [...]

Garden Update: July 3

I am pleased with the way my garden has been growing the last week or so.  In the old raised bed things are looking pretty good.  The trellises are up and the sugar snap peas are starting to climb them.   The first of the radishes were harvested on Wednesday and I’ll pick the rest of [...]

Make-Do Monday: Makeshift Rain Barrel

Although  it really isn’t high on the priority list, we would like a rain barrel.   Our gutters are in bad shape and do to be replaced this summer, but for now they leak at the seams.  A lot.
It has been really dry here.  Sandy soil doesn’t help moisture matters either.  We water the main plantings [...]

Where’ve I been?

I think all the talk of lazy summer days is CRAZY.  Who has lazy summer days??  I think I had a lazy summer day once. Before kids.  Really.  How can you be lazy when the kids are a never-ending whirl of motion that repeat phrases like can we have kool-aid? or It’s over 70* can [...]

Square Foot Gardening

I finally planted some seeds today.  Sugar snap peas, spinach, lettuce, bush beans, radishes, red & yellow onions and green onions all went in.  I would’ve liked to put in carrots too, but didn’t realize last year’s seeds were gone.
This is my second year using the square foot gardening (SFG) method.  Last year was a [...]