Category Archives: Gardening

Red peppers and canned bruschetta

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Sandy

The last few warm days certainly helped the tomatoes in the greenhouse redden up, but only some of them. I still have more green tomatoes than red. That said, I did have enough to make a small batch of canned … Continue reading →

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Tomatoes, tomatillos, bruschetta, and peppers

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Sandy

In spite of the cool weather, my warm weather crops are ripening in the greenhouse. I’m not getting huge volumes, but enough to make a few dishes here and there. Recently, I harvested some tomatoes, tomatillos, and peppers. I used a few … Continue reading →

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Canning and late summer harvests

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Sandy

Even with the wimpy and slow-to-produce summer we’ve had, August is a busy time in the garden and the kitchen. It’s pretty common during this month for me to have multiple projects going on at the same time, as the picture … Continue reading →

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Peachy

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Sandy

 Miracle of gardening miracles! I successfully grew peaches in the greater Seattle area. This is no small feat even during years with ideal weather (which is rare), but it is pretty amazing this year considering the cold spring and summer we’ve … Continue reading →

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What to do with 200 pounds of plums?

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Sandy

The kids and I picked a medium-sized basket of plums yesterday. Out of curiosity, I weighed the basket. We had 18.5 pounds of plums and you could hardly tell the tree had been picked at all. Based on a quick … Continue reading →

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First cukes & beans

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Sandy

I originally started vegetable gardening a number of years ago because I wanted to grow my own cucumbers, lemon cucumber to be specific. For a long time, cucumbers were the only food crop I grew. I expanded my gardening horizons … Continue reading →

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A new beastie and more pleasant things

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Sandy

Last week I found a terrible beastie in a pea pod. It’s a horrible looking little beast that makes opening each pea pod a bit of a risky venture. I did a little research and found out that this hideous creature … Continue reading →

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Summer

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Sandy

As much as I try to do three-season gardening, summer is the star of the gardening year. Summer produces the good stuff. The straight from the plant into the mouth stuff.  The save it in a jar stuff. In Seattle, summer can … Continue reading →

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Berry anticipation and a peek around the garden

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Sandy

We’ve been harvesting strawberries for a few weeks now, but the raspberries and blueberries have not really started to ripen yet. The raspberries should begin ripening any day now, especially since we finally have some warm, even downright hot, weather in our forecast. … Continue reading →

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Jam season and the ladies’ new home

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Sandy

Although the weather remains more clouds than sun, the temperature has been inching up week after week and the garden is progressing. Yesterday, I picked 3 pounds of strawberries from the strawberry patch. This was from the old patch that … Continue reading →

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