Dog Days

Puck enjoys the garden more than we do some days. Here is a video of him munching on some snap peas. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo08i4htAiQ[/youtube] Unfortunately, the peas are now done for the season and...
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Lettuce Update

Our lettuce did really well this year. Pictures don’t really showcase it as well as a stroll through the garden does, but we have about 7 supermarket-sized bunches of green romaine lettuce...
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Spinach Harvest

So, we picked a lot of spinach this weekend: I’m not kidding…we picked a lot of spinach. And that isn’t even half of it. Putting that into perspective…we got 2 gallons and 3...
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Spinach

Back in March, when we saw a streak of 80ºF days, I pulled out a 1/4 pound of Bloomsdale Long Standing spinach seeds from 2005 (seed source – Jordan Seeds). Figuring it...
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Tomato Season

In Minnesota, the tomatoes don’t really start to ripen until late July. This year, we had a lot of rain in July and I think that made the fruits take even longer...
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Eggplant loves heat

Today’s pick: Our eggplants are loaded with beautiful white and purple fruits. The white eggplant is a variety from Monticello – apparently one that Jefferson grew, and has been passed down through...
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Grilled Rattitoulie

My niece and nephew spent the night at our house last Thursday, and while they were here, we watched the Disney/Pixar movie “Ratatouille.” There was a two-year-old and a three-year-old, and Puck...
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4th of July

We spent much of the day out in the sun, and went for a nice bike ride. Beautiful weather this weekend, and rain possible tonight. I always hope for rain over night....
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Cole Crops

These pictures are from last week, but we still have a few heads out there that need to be picked today. I also planted romanesco italia broccoli, which is a neat looking...
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