Eighth of an Acre Bounty

This guy was huge! I don’t know what variety he (she?) is, but apparently he decided that the recent weather was not at all summerlike and escaped indoors. I found him in my makeshift proofing box over the weekend when I was about  to proof bread. I should have put something recognizable in there for […]

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With all of the cool and wet weather lately it seems we have a second spring going. Although it isn’t doing the tomatoes any favors, the rhubarb is loving it. I made a second harvest today of 7 1/2 pounds of cleaned and diced rhubarb. Some of this will go into the freezer for Blackberry […]

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Plant Something – No planting this past week but next week for sure. Harvest Something – Our first tomato! I am a little concerned it will be our first and last with the weather lately. Tons of green beans. Yin Yang beans. Lemon cucumber and summer squash. Pulled out half of the chinese broccoli out […]

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So this has been going round the blogosphere lately and I figured I’d play along. Mostly to see exactly where I fall among a list of 100 food items not picked by me. The verdict? I do believe I am pretty low-rent all told. Items like Fugu, Michelin 3 star tasting menus and foie gras […]

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To the person who drove into my parked car on Friday night: Thanks for not bothering to stop or leave a note saying sorry. I just hate awkward conversations anyways. Thanks for the (approaching 1k) repair bill I got stuck with for parking in front of my own house on one of the widest residential […]

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Must have been the rain that was coming, it has been pouring ALL day. Hard work being a dog around this joint eh?

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I pulled the yin yang beans today. I didn’t plant nearly enough to make it worth leaving them on the plant to fully dry, not when garden space is at a premium around here. This is the first year I have grown these, and they are beautiful. The speckled surprise inside each pod almost makes […]

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This is Blume, she’s little but she ain’t afraid to look you in the eye. Blume is by far the most social (toward humans) chicken of the three. We got the girls from a good friend  who has a much larger flock a couple of hours away and in the first few days of the […]

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Things are getting in full swing around here, the meager green bean harvest of last week (4 oz) turned into 1lb 8 oz just a few days later. We finally have a red tomato! It is still a bit hard, but I am counting on picking it this week. The winter squash are putting on […]

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Our neighbors just gave us two huge zucchini this morning as we were sitting outside drinking the first cup of coffee. We usually go through this exchange every year. They always plant zucchini, I never plant zucchini – I always plant tomatoes and they never do. So later in the season I can return the […]

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