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Last night I harvested a few mayflower beans. These beans have “said to have been brought to North America on the Mayflower by Ann Hutchinson in 1620.” Originally I was planing on eating these beans when they were young and green, but somehow along the way I got side tracked. And so now, we are going Read More >>
Out with the old and in with the new, right? Early this morning I pulled up the bush beans and remaining carrots from the raised garden beds. The beans had run their course, and although the carrots could have stayed longer had I wanted them to, time is of the essence. If I am going to Read More >>
How To Can Dilly Beans If you have OCD and you’d like to give canning a try, than this is the recipe for you. Not only is it an easy peasy recipe because you are cold packing your vegetables, but for me, being able to line my beans up in the jar was a total Read More >>
Yesterday, I worked on cleaning out the pea bed. I’m not sure exactly how large it is, but if I had to guess I’d say about 2′ by 30′ or so. Earlier in the spring I planted sugar snap peas, and over the past month we’ve been snacking on them and enjoying the fresh peas Read More >>
Oh my word, yesterday was such a gorgeous day! I think I must have spent at least 5 hours puttering around the garden. And I do mean puttering. Monkey Boy cleared a small area of brush towards in the front yard, The Girl weeded the raspberry paths, and I planted another round of beans. This Read More >>
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