Community Garden, Costs, Garden Bounty, Garden Updates, Harvest

Garden Update 9/25/18

Fall, cooler weather, and new plants… The pumpkins have started coming in!  With all the gourds, pumpkins, mini pumpkins, and corn stalks, we are feeling all the fall vibes.  I planted some giant spinach from the seeds I harvested from the plants that had gone to seed a couple of weeks ago and the spinach… Read More Garden Update 9/25/18

Cooking Side Dishes, Garden Bounty, Growing Green, Harvest

Red and Golden Beets and Greens

The first of our harvest is starting to trickle in. Red and golden beets were on the menu tonight! This year has been a rough one for me in the garden world. My motivation to garden just hasn’t been there this year. I didn’t start my seeds exactly on time, I didn’t fertilize the raised… Read More Red and Golden Beets and Greens

Chickens, Garden Bounty, Growing Green

Season Wrap-up

For a gardening blog, this season has really gotten away from me.  As an end of the season re-cap this is going to be a little different.  Here is the end of the season garden photo… Ta Da!!!!  Just a few remaining plants.  Even though they probably won’t have time to produce anything else, I… Read More Season Wrap-up

Garden Bounty

Quick Zucchini Bread Tip for Preserving the Harvest

It’s harvest time!  Here is a quick tip for freezing zucchini bread for later in the year…grate the zucchini and then puree the grated zucchini. When I first started trying to preserve the harvest, I knew that I didn’t like grated zucchini in my zucchini bread.  I don’t like to find chunks of veggies in… Read More Quick Zucchini Bread Tip for Preserving the Harvest

Garden Bounty, Growing Green

Tomatoes Coming Out our Ears!

Picked these in the last few days – most of them today.  Time to start the canning!  I have passed quite a few out to our neighbors already.  The cherry sungold tomatoes are by far my favorite.  They look kind of yellowish in the picture but they are soooooo sweet!  Definitely doing those again next… Read More Tomatoes Coming Out our Ears!

Community Garden, Garden Bounty, Growing Green

Gardening Update – July 20, 2012

Well…things have changed.  I am working in the church garden, but NOT the community garden.  Hubby and I decided that that would be just a bit too much especially with the traveling we wanted to do this summer.  We made a great decision.  I would have been overwhelmed.  We just returned from our 2 weeks… Read More Gardening Update – July 20, 2012

Garden Bounty, Natural Remedies

The Battle for the Garden

If you garden, and especially if you have an organic garden, do not be disappointed when you encounter pest problems. Or at least try not to be.  Those bugs, gophers, rabbits, etc. all love your garden too, because it is chemical free.  And they suck, sometimes literally :).  You will encounter pest problems, there is… Read More The Battle for the Garden

Garden Bounty, Growing Green

10 Great Ways to Use Fresh Mint!

I planted both peppermint and chocolate mint in my divided herb planter.  Now I have mint running out of my ears so I have been brainstorming on what to do with my abundance of the herb.  A little research shows that this delicious herb has lots of good for you vitamins and minerals.  If you… Read More 10 Great Ways to Use Fresh Mint!