I have heard from more experienced gardeners than myself, that it is an option to plant peas in the fall for the next spring’s harvest. This makes sense to me and it IS still fall. Peas are definitely a cool season vegetable. They start to turn brown and inedible practically the moment the heat of […]
Is Your Backyard Garden Organic?
I just got done (mostly. Okay, I skipped a few of the particulars about cattle…) reading the United States Federal Government’s regulations on organic food production. They are complicated, sometimes vague, and a bit open ended. I got a kick out of the oft repeated qualifications such as “unless no organic option is available” and […]
Reviewing Options for Storing Your Garden Produce
It is a good time of year to evaluate how all the work of putting up the harvest went. I discuss this with myself over on the D&B Supply blog this week! Maybe my musings will give you some ideas or just put your mind at rest about how you are doing things.
Homemade Sauerkraut with Chinese Cabbage from My Garden
I’ve thought about making sauerkraut for a couple of years, but it wasn’t until I found a giant head of Chinese cabbage in my garden this fall that I did. Well, I planted it there, so it wasn’t a total surprise. I had already used some of that head to make a FULL pot of corned […]
Tales of Tenacious Garlic in the Garden
One year, I had to leave my garlic and move to Taiwan for a while. It was not just my garlic that I left behind, but a whole garden approaching full harvest in early August of 2008. With a lump in my chest, but an eye on adventure, I left, hoping the harvest would be […]