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Tag Archives: cabbage
Fermenting The Fall Harvest
I have been busy the last few days fermenting some of the fall veggies I have harvested recently. Fermenting is one of my favorite ways to preserve the harvest as well as to add flavor, and fermented veggies in particular … Continue reading
Harvest Monday July 27, 2020
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. We’ve settled into our seasonably hot summer weather, which means I work in the garden either early in the morning or shortly before sundown. I usually … Continue reading
Planting the Spring Brassicas
I took advantage of relatively dry weather this last week and got our spring brassicas planted. We’re still having frosts here, and even had temperatures dip below freezing on two morning this week. The cabbage family plants are pretty hardy … Continue reading
Harvest Monday November 18, 2019
It’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It was a light harvest week here. I cut a couple of heads of Point One cabbage Monday before the rain turned to snow. They weren’t the biggest, … Continue reading
Harvest Monday November 4, 2019
It’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. We got our first hard freeze last week, along with a couple of heavy frosts. The frost crystals were beautiful on the fall brassicas. and should make the … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged broccoli, cabbage, collards, eggplant, neck pumpkins, peppers, pole beans
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