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Hi, I'm Dave and thanks for visiting. I garden in Zone 6b in southern Indiana, and I blog here about gardening, nature and food.
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Collards: A Southern Tradition from Seed to table
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Tag Archives: lacto-fermentation
Collard Kraut and Other Fermenting
This is the time of year I typically ferment a lot of vegetables from the garden. The cool fall weather provides good growing conditions for things like cabbage, kohlrabi and radishes, all of which are tasty when fermented. This year … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Preserving
Tagged collards, daikon radish, gochugaru, kimchi, lacto-fermentation, napa cabbage
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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 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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Harvest Monday May 27, 2019
It’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. I began cutting some of the spring planted greens last week, and they gave us a bit of welcome variety in our meals. First up was the Italian … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged asparagus, broccolini, lacto-fermentation, lettuce, mizuna, Senposai, spigariello
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Photo Friday: 2018 By the Month
Lacking any real activity in the garden this time of year, I thought I would share some photos today to show some of my 2018 activities. January saw us undertaking a big kitchen renovation. We had been planning this for … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Friday
Tagged Ace, Ally, asparagus, Cats, greasy beans, homemade, kimchi, kitchen makeover, lacto-fermentation, ornaments, sauerkraut, seed starting, sweet potatoes
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