Limey Braised Broccoli Leaves & Stalk
This is not my original recipe. This recipe is from Arielle Clementine’s blog. View the original here.
This is not my original recipe. This recipe is from Arielle Clementine’s blog. View the original here.
When you are growing food for your family and trying to eliminate the grocery store as much as possible, in our modern society it is important to make use of every edible part of the plant. At least, one should…
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So, I find myself needing to plant even more tomatoes at home. Why? The plot at the farm has not yet been plowed. The date has moved several times…April 15, May, May 15 and now it is set to June…
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We started more seeds started today, melon, yellow squash & lemon cucumber…plus broccoli and a ton of different lettuces. Mom found some volunteer potatoes so we now have red potatoes growing in a bag and started two bags of organic…
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Just a quick update on how the tomatoes faired overnight. They survived the night in their little house! Yay! They also look much better now that they are recovering from the shock of finding themselves in the big, wide world…
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Mom and I worked in the garden from 7:30 to 5:30, only stopping for a short breakfast and lunch. Peas are transplanted, their trellis is built. Re-built a different style hoop house for the tomatoes. We had built a taller…
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Today, I started more spinach direct in the beds. Transplanted lettuces I’ve had in the greenhouse into the garden beds. Now, I guess I should quit procrasti-planting and either do my taxes or figure out how to file for an…
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I think I need to join Solanaceaes Anonymous. The tomatoes are taking over the house! This year I planted a variety of tomato starts and several varieties of peppers. As a girl who always loved peppers, but never, ever, ever…
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My tomatoes are starting to flower already… Started these in February and had to move them out of 4″ pots up into the gallon size… now they’re flowering. I’ve never had this problem before..Maybe because I usually start late or…
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Mom and I moved the chicken yard (coop, fencing) today to their summer location. Planted spinach, lettuce and radishes direct into the good ol’ garden soil. Peas will go in tomorrow from their transplant packs. Mom is washing all the…
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