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Tag Archives: cucumbers
Harvest Monday July 9, 2018
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. We’re still enjoying summery harvests here. A few of the summer squash plants are hanging in there and still producing, but half of them are dead and have been … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged broccolini, cucumbers, eggplant, green beans, onions, peppers, squash, Tatume, tomatoes
13 Comments
Homemade: Quick Refrigerator Dill Pickles
This is a quick and easy recipe for the pickle lover in your family. Here at Happy Acres, my wife is a big fan of them. In years past she had been buying pickles to put on sandwiches, but last … Continue reading
Stars of the Garden in 2017
It’s time for my annual review of what did well in the garden, and what didn’t. In my 2016 review I called it The Year of the Pepper, since I harvested over 75 pounds of them. In 2017 the peppers … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged asparagus, beans, broccoli, cucumbers, greasy beans, kale, kohlrabi, peppers, pumpkins, squash, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, winter squash
8 Comments
Harvest Monday September 11, 2017
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. We are finally getting some ripe peppers here, after a late and problematical start to my pepper plants. I had issues with aphids that set the plants back considerably, … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged acorn squash, bread, cucumbers, eggplant, greasy beans, kale, pepitas, peppers, pumpkin, sourdough, tomatoes
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Harvest Monday August 21, 2017
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. I’m calling today the Great Eclipse Edition, since this afternoon we will be having a partial solar eclipse with about 99% of the sun blocked out by the moon. … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged cucumbers, Delicata, eggplant, kale, melons, peppers, pumpkin, tomatoes, winter squash
11 Comments

