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January 24th, 2010
Hub Mistress
Garden Hub Feed- Cha-cha sal-sa September 4, 2010Last week my sis, mom and I made quick work of 18 pints of salsa. Last year we hadn’t done any. It can be quite the chore, but with three (and a couple beers) it was quite a fun evening. Sterilized jars First we scalded the tomatoes in simmering water for easy peeling Peeled tomatoes Chopped onions, garlic, sweet [...] […]Kelda
- Snap in the air means fall planting around corner September 4, 2010The snap in the air reminds me that it’s time to order fall planting items. First on the list is garlic. My mother and I are going to send in an order to the Garlic Store. She’d been saving a bulb or two each year for planting but we are going to start fresh this [...] […]Kelda
- Tomato Tomato Tomato . . . repeat August 26, 2010The tomatoes are bursting and bouncing off their vines and stalks and it’s a wonder how we’ll use them all. Already The Hub stewed a few. I like sliced tomato and cheese sandwiches with a little mustard. A quick favorite is also a quick sauce: 2-3 C. chunks of tomatoes (any type) 2 cloves garlic, smashed and [...] […]Kelda
- Worth a hill of beans August 26, 2010This year I finally had success with my edamame soybeans. They were planted by seed straight in the raised bed. The seeds were called Envy Soya beans. I picked them because they were an early variety (80 days) and therefore more suited to our shorter growing season. I’m happy to say it was true! The [...] […]Kelda
- Boiling over August 23, 2010Tis the time for preservation of the all-too-short season of growth. The Hub cranked out the first 4 quarts of stewed tomatoes. We have one determinate tomato (all fruit ripens about the same time) so we need to stay on top of it to reap the most benefits. Stewed tomatoes are quick, he added some [...] […]Kelda
- One for the Wall Of Shame August 15, 2010This had come in the mail yesterday, a couple days after The Hub had asked if I’d taken the garbage out lately. So I went to the backyard, got to the fence, opened the gate to get to the garbage cans in the alley and was, like, “Whoh?!” when I saw this Between two full-time jobs, [...] […]Kelda
- Mom’s all ears August 10, 2010My mother and father did their most intensive veggie garden bed yet, this year. I’m not talking every veggie under the sun, but moreso the care they took with amending the soil (compost, peat, garden soil), laying down weed barrier (cardboard), mounding the beds so they are naturally raised and planning and thinning and staking [...] […]Kelda
- From another world August 9, 2010The Hub has been the great forager / waterer / weeder and general wrangler of the garden. We’ve established sort of a hand-off. I start seeds, pruchase plants, plant, water, thin, weed and then he takes over mid-summer, with watering, weeding and the wrangling. I like the dirt, the first tiny weeds easy to wipe [...] […]Kelda
- Cucumber ramblings August 8, 2010This is the first year we’ve planted cucumbers in our garden. They are doing marvelous. I thinned to about 4 plants and they aren’t quite out of control . Unlike our beans, these vines happily climbed our trellis (an old slatted crib side). Our variety, started by seed, is great for slicing, sandwiches, and refrigerator [...] […]Kelda
- Too-cute Cucurbits July 30, 2010Or, “pumpkin” if you please. These cuties are Rouge Vif D’Etampes. They’ll also been called cheesecake pumpkins or the Cinderella pumpkin given their fairytale look. Mine are just starting to orange up. A couple times a week I turn them ever so slightly, not only to get even color and shape, but to check that the [...] […]Kelda
- Cha-cha sal-sa September 4, 2010