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Tag Archives: Monday Recap
Monday Recap: Marching In
Now that March is here I am happy to say goodbye to February. It has been a dreary, cold and disagreeable month, and I am thinking March could only be an improvement! It will be a busy month for me … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged cilantro, containers, curry, dry beans, Good Mother Stallard, greens, lettuce, Monday Recap, Thai Rai Kaw Tok, winter squash
10 Comments
Monday Recap: The Deep Freeze
We were fortunate last week to come through the latest Snowpocalypse with only about six inches of the powdery white stuff. We couldn’t escape the blast of Arctic air that followed behind it though that sent temperatures plummeting to record … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening, Soap
Tagged Bastille soap, Cats, garlic, greenhouse, lasagna, Monday Recap, neck pumpkin, parsley, pickling, snow, soap, spinach, sweet potatoes, winter squash
11 Comments
Monday Recap: Snow Day
Last week I said that so far this winter we had “been spared any significant snow or ice.” I also knew that winter was not nearly over, and today is proof of that as we are in the middle of … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged Aji Angelo, coffee, hot peppers, infused oil, intarsia, lip balm, Monday Recap, red beans, Seminole squash, snow, winter squash
12 Comments
Monday Recap: Six More Weeks of Winter
I’m really not complaining about our weather, since so far we have been spared any significant snow or ice. And I am truly thankful for that, since I only need to watch the news to see that others are getting … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged AjiAngelo, bluebirds, Gold Nugget, greenhouse, Monday Recap, peppers, spinach
15 Comments
Monday Recap: Wintery Mishmash
So far it hasn’t been real bad winter here. We’ve had a few brief cold spells where temperatures got down to near 0°F, which killed off the kale that was unprotected and the arugula that was protected by a cold … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged bread, carrots, cilantro, lentils, Monday Recap, pesto, sauerkraut, sweet potatoes
8 Comments

