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 […]
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 […]
Is it October 1 or August 1?
Posted in growing challenge, locavore, gardens, EatLocalChallenge, eat local on Oct 1st, 2008
Tonight is a bit of a schizophrenic night.
It marks the beginning of the October Eat Local Challenge and I wanted to make something as 0 miles as we could get.
So I harvested the first of the ripe paste tomatoes (poly tunnel is the answer!) and combined with them with leeks, bell pepper, thyme, rosemary and […]
Storing Spuds
Posted in growing challenge, locavore, gardens, eat local on Sep 29th, 2008
A few of you have asked how we’re storing our potatoes. Well, it’s pretty unsophisticated. This is it, a pile of burlap bags on the floor in the tack room.
There they are sharing space with some fencing and Mike’s welder. The welder could use a new home, but it’s heavy and I’m lazy, so there […]