Purslane

You all have this growing in your garden: It’s called Purslane. It is native in India and Perisia, and has marked its territory as an invasive (edible) weed all over the United...
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Tomato Season!

Today’s Pick: After months of waiting, the tomatoes are finally ripening! Our small purple eggplants are still producing like crazy, and we are now getting large purple eggplants as well. The zucchini...
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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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Zucchini

Once again this year, I planted both yellow and green summer squash (zucchini): Yellow Sebring and Green Elite Zucchini. I placed a row cover over half of the young plants hoping to...
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New Compost Bin

Last weekend I was getting kind of sick of our composting system (piling up compost behind the garden and blocking it off with skids so that Puck won’t eat it), and so...
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Today’s Pick

Jessi’s half of the garden is reaching full-harvest mode! I probably should have picked the broccoli a couple days ago – it’s just about to flower. There are some nice cauliflower heads...
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