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- Dave's Square Foot Garden
- Eight Gate Farm – New Hampshire
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- Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments
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Tag Archives: cabbage
Harvest Monday November 16, 2015
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Back in August I planted Speedy and Apollo arugula in one of the cold frame beds. Both of these are fairly mild tasting, as arugula goes, and now that … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged arugula, cabbage, kohlrabi, sage, scurf, slaw, sweet potatoes, turnips
16 Comments
Homemade Sauerkraut, Three Ways
In the last couple of years I have become a big fan of making homemade sauerkraut in glass jars. It’s so easy to make, I can’t believe I didn’t do it years ago. Actually, I did make it years ago, … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Homemade, Preserving
Tagged cabbage, food preservation, kohlrabi, lacto-fermentation, sauerkraut, turnips
14 Comments
Harvest Monday October 26, 2015
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Last week I harvested a few new things from the garden and also dealt with past harvests that needed further processing. Before the first freeze came I picked all … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged cabbage, dried beans, enchiladas, Good Mother Stallard, Holy Mole, kohlrabi, tepary beans
24 Comments
Harvest Monday October 19, 2015
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. With a predicted frost coming this past weekend, it seems like I was in harvest-overdrive for much of last week. The biggest chore was digging the sweet potatoes, which … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged broccoli, cabbage, frost, peppers, sweet potatoes, winter squash
17 Comments
Rain Makes the Fall Garden Grow
We got a little over an inch of rain yesterday and last night, which certainly was timely and saved me from having to water new plantings. It was the second nice rain since I planted the fall brassicas back on … Continue reading

