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Harvest Monday October 26, 2020
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. My harvests this week are small in number, as we had lots of veggies to use up from last week’s harvest and we are transitioning from … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged collards, herbs, hot peppers, hot sauce, kale, multiplier onions
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Harvest Monday September 30, 2019
Once again it’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. I got a nice haul of pole beans last week. I let some of them get big for ‘shelly’ beans, since we like the mix of … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged #AASWinners, broccoli, collards, greenhouse, hot peppers, hot sauce, lacto-fermentation, paprika, pole beans, sweet peppers, winter squash
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Harvest Monday September 16, 2019
It’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. I can report I’m still getting plenty of harvests here to keep me busy. I was happy to get a few slicing tomatoes last week. Garden Treasure And … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged hot peppers, hot sauce, japalenos, kimchi, pawpaw, pole beans, tomatoes, tromboncino, winter squash
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Harvest Monday September 9, 2019
Once again it’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. And I’ll get straight to the harvests. Peppers are continuing to ripen here, especially the hot ones. I got enough of them to start another batch … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged beans, collards, hot peppers, hot sauce, lacto-fermentation, peppers, skinks, sourdough bread, squash, winter squash
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Variety Spotlight: Cayennetta Pepper
This is the latest in a series of posts that I’ve done about my favorite varieties of fruits, vegetables and herbs we grow at Happy Acres. To see my other Spotlights, and those from other garden bloggers, visit the Variety Spotlights … Continue reading
Posted in Saturday Spotlight
Tagged #AASWinners, AAS, cayenne, cayennetta, fermented food, hot peppers, hot sauce
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