I can’t believe it’s that time again, time to start planning meals for the dark days of winter, and the second Dark Days of Winter Eat Local Challenge. It seems like just yesterday that I put the challenge out there for the first time, and I really can’t believe that it’s been more than 6 […]
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Canning philoshopy
Posted in growing challenge, locavore, gardens, EatLocalChallenge, eat local on Oct 12th, 2008
What’s your canning philosophy? It’s been interesting as I’ve been peering into other people’s pantries and cabinets to see what they preserve. And I’m wondering how and why we make the choices we do?
I’m of the keep my options open camp. By that I mean that I tend not to make anything elaborate to can, […]
The end of the season
Posted in growing challenge, farm, locavore, gardens, EatLocalChallenge, eat local on Oct 10th, 2008
Last night we got our first frost, and it wasn’t a light one. It was the definition of a killing frost. By the time I got home this afternoon all of the leaves on the pumpkins, squash, cucumber and tomato plants had shriveled and turned black.
The last of the cucumbers were exposed, like they’d been […]
It’s October?!?
Posted in growing challenge, farm, locavore, gardens, EatLocalChallenge, eat local on Oct 8th, 2008
Where on earth did the early fall go? I feel like I blinked and it’s gone. The nights are cold, the mornings are dark and the garden is putting itself to sleep.
I pulled in all the peppers, the tomatoes and the last of the cucumbers Sunday afternoon. I probably could have left them a bit […]
The best ever
Posted in recipes, EatLocalChallenge, eat local on Oct 5th, 2008
I’ve been searching for a truly fabulous chili recipe for years. The kind that is the perfect cure to rainy days and cool nights. And I think I just found it!
The other day I bought a pound of chorizo intending to make Anita’s sloppy joe recipe. That didn’t happen and it got put in the […]
The Great Green Tomato Experiment
Posted in farm, growing challenge, gardens, EatLocalChallenge, eat local on Oct 5th, 2008
Well, the day of reckoning arrived a couple weeks sooner than I hoped.
The tomatoes have been under a poly tunnel for 3 weeks. It definitely made the difference and I credit it completely with why we have any red ones at all. At the same time, I wasn’t able to construct a real tunnel with […]
In the Pantry
Posted in growing challenge, farm, locavore, gardens, eat local, EatLocalChallenge, canning on Oct 2nd, 2008
I’ve really been enjoying sneaking into other people’s pantries the last week. Not only to see what other people are putting up, but to see what else they store in there.
I thought I’d like to join in the fun. Our pantry isn’t as full as you might expect, but then most of the veggies and […]