We had an awful carrot season this year. Carrots wouldn’t size up no matter where we seeded them this year. Three different beds. We had really bad rust fly where we had to toss lots of carrots as we were cleaning them. But for next year, we are prepared. We’ve already purchased row covers and… Continue reading Carrots and Tomatoes
Category: Vegetables
Beauty
There is beauty all around us. To me this photo depicts beauty and of course it doesn’t hurt that my favorite color is green!
Beets
Just pulled all of our beets from the garden. Now to pickle them all. The picture shows the beets that we picked minus the 2 pots that are already on the stove boiling away. I think there are a lot more beets than we thought. Yikes. This could be an all day/night marathon of beet… Continue reading Beets
Dry Beans
Here’s some dried beans that we just finished husking. These were grown this summer. Will be growing much more on a larger scale next year.
Garlic Time
We haven’t posted in a while. We’ve been really busy trying to deal with this crazy weather. We also picked up another market on Wednesdays, here in our home town of Gilmanton. Just planted in the garlic some spinach and our last seeding of green beans. Beans have been a struggle this year for us… Continue reading Garlic Time
Green Tomatoes Anyone?
We’ve got 19 pounds of green tomatoes left over. Just got a batch of piccalili going and can’t fit anything more in the pot. Anybody want some green tomatoes? They are kind of small though. $12.00 for the entire lot of them. You just need to come get them by Sunday or Monday before they… Continue reading Green Tomatoes Anyone?
Pictures of the day – August 21, 2011
This is all we have left of 800 onions – now drying. Guess we need to plant more next year. Just picked Glads. Summer squash and egg plant. Heads of lettuce in flats for the fall. Bumble Bee on a dwarf sunflower. Hoop house #1 being cleaned out for fall/winter planting. Groundbreaking for hoop house… Continue reading Pictures of the day – August 21, 2011
Bounty
OK so we have soooo many beans and tomatoes that we are bringing to the market tomorrow. Please come buy them as I don’t really have time to put them up right now!
Garlic
Garlic harvesting has begun. We pulled about 25 last week and sold some at the market this year. We’ve grown garlic for many years and this has been the best ever. Nice thick stalks and a lot of big bulbs and cloves. Plenty of seed garlic for next year. Here’s a small portion of what… Continue reading Garlic
