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It may be raining outside, but that didn’t stop me from taking a few snapshots of the garden. Check out the potato tower! The leaves are totally popping out. The French Breakfast radishes look like they are ready to harvest. The chives should bloom any day now. The first crop of beets need to be Read More >>
Yum!
It seems like everything in the garden is in a holding pattern. The raspberries are waiting to burst open. The cucumber seeds are beginning to sprout. I’m not sure which I like better, chives as food or their flowers to look at. Something about their bright purple blooms screams happiness. The baby chicks are no Read More >>
Watering my crop of 18 heads of cabbage at the neighbors property. Saturday morning backyard harvest. Stupice tomatoes are stupendous. Beets are beautiful. Pickled beets are even better.
I’d like to know who the crack pot is over at Ball canning who wrote up the recipe for pickled beets. It says 24 SMALL beets are needed to make 6, count ’em 6, pint jars of beets. Oh yeah? Try 27 small beets = 1 and 3/4 pints of beets. I guess I’ll wait Read More >>
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