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Tag Archives: kohlrabi
Kitchen Garden In May
Today I want to do an update on the area we call the kitchen garden. It’s close to the house with easy access to the kitchen, and it’s also where the greenhouse is located. The beds around the greenhouse give … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged asparagus, cold frame, hostas, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, mizuna, mustard greens, tomatoes
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Finally, Some Planting
The wetter and colder than normal spring weather has kept me from getting much planting done this year. Things are running at least two weeks behind normal, and the 22 inches of rain we have received so far in 2018 … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged AAS Winners, brassicas, broccoli, cabbage, kohlrabi, lettuce, tomatoes
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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 December 11, 2017
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. With a frigid weather forecast last week I decided to harvest as much as I could from the less hardy brassicas. I made a big cutting from the Tronchuda … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged broccoli, cabbage, Daikon radishes, frittata, kohlrabi, Portuguese kale
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Harvest Monday November 6, 2017
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It was a fairly light harvest week here as we still had a lot of veggies left from the previous week. I made a couple of cuttings of lettuce … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged gari, ginger, kale, kohlrabi, kraut, lettuce, smoked peppers, turmeric
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