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Tag Archives: Monday Recap
Monday Recap: Crunchy and Seeded
Lots of crunchy vegetables are coming in right now. Like the April Cross daikon radishes. I’ll probably ferment some of those in the below photo for crunchy pickles. A little bit of them went on a salad yesterday, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged blueberries, bluebirds, carrots, crackers, garlic, gooseberries, house sparrows, kohlrabi, lacto-fermentation, lettuce, Monday Recap, radishes, raspberries, tepary
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Monday Recap: June Swoon
Here at Happy Acres we are swooning about cherries. Well, we are excited about them, but not to the point of fainting. Last week my wife and I made what has become our annual pilgrimage to Farview Orchards to pick … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged asparagus, blackberries, blueberries, bluebirds, cherries, lacto-fermentation, lettuce, Monday Recap, onions, radishes, raspberries
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Monday Recap: Last of May Brings Firsts
One of the many things I love about growing our own food is that every season has new ‘firsts’ to look forward to. I always look forward to the first asparagus, the first blueberry, the first ripe tomato, and so … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged bread, buns, cherries, garlic scapes, kale, kohlrabi, Monday Recap, raspberries, Senposai, t-shirts
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Monday Recap: Memorial Day Edition
Today in the U.S. we celebrate Memorial Day as we pause to remember those who have died while serving in the armed forces. I have vivid memories of my childhood neighbor Ronnie Dempsey who joined the Marine Corps and went … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged asparagus, green garlic, lettuce, mizspoona, Monday Recap, onions, Senposai, Thai Rai Kaw Tok, Wave petunias
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Monday Recap: Beans, Greens and Scapes
The garden is giving us lots of green goodies right about now. Like the green garlic for instance, which is starting to bulb up. That’s a good sign, because it means the main garlic crop is sizing up too. We … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged asparagus, beans, bread, Cima di Rapa, garlic scapes, green garlic, honeybees, Monday Recap, radishes, rapini, rye bread, sweet potatoes, tomatoes
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