Latest Happenings in the Garden
Planting, harvesting, weather & rainfall, photos of cats.
Latest Harvest
Apple CrispOctober 12, 2023 - 4:06 pm- Pesto Night 2023September 28, 2023 - 3:03 pm
Floating on the YellowstoneSeptember 12, 2023 - 6:46 pm
QuicheAugust 27, 2023 - 6:35 pm
Elderberry Syrup 2021August 15, 2021 - 6:59 pm
Apple Crisp
/in Recipes/by BethThis is the apple crisp recipe I’ve been using: Old Fasioned Easy Apple Crisp
Pesto Night 2023
/in Recipes/by Beth5 cups of basil leaves, packed 2/3 cup walnuts 12 cloves garlic 3 Tb olive oil 1/2 teas salt
Quiche
/in Recipes/by BethWe had an excess of eggs this weekend, so I thought I’d make some quiche. Good opportunity to try out a pie crust from scratch. I had to go out and thrift a pie pan but I found a nice pan and got some free pie crust advice from the woman at the shop. Also, […]
Elderberry Syrup 2021
/in Preserving, Processing, Recipes/by BethIngredients 3 1/3 cups fresh foraged elderberries 6 2/3 cups cold water 4 tsp fresh grated ginger 1 cinnamon stick 1 cup raw, local honey double the amount of sweetener to increase shelf life 1 cup brandy (optional to increase shelf life) Instructions Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for 40 minutes. […]
Sour Cherry Kombucha
/in Garden Journal, Harvest, Recipes/by BethFirst, I made a puree of one heaping cup of pitted sour cherries with 1.5 teaspoons of vanilla. 48 oz bottles: 6 TBS sour cherry vanilla puree honey that I eyeball for that size bottle fill the bottle with black tea F1 16 oz bottles: 2 TBS sour cherry vanilla puree honey that I eyeball […]
Currant Kombucha
/in Garden Journal, Recipes/by Beth1.5 TBS red currant puree 1 TBS lemon juice (bottled since I have bottled on hand but not fresh – of course fresh is better) 1 teas peeled chopped ginger 2 teas sugar in a 16 oz bottle with black tea f1. I modified the recipe from this: recipe I saw online.
Scape Pesto 2021
/in Garden Journal, Harvest, Recipes, Storing/by BethThis year’s recipe: 6 cups garlic scapes, coarsely chopped 1 1/2 cups fresh thyme 1 1/4 cups fresh Italian oregano 3/4 cup olive oil 3 cups of walnuts 6 Tbs lemon juice 3 teas salt 50 cranks on the pepper mill
Pesto Night 2020
/in Garden Journal/by BethSplit Pea Soup Instant Pot
/in Recipes/by BethIngredients 2 cups sliced mushrooms 1 cup onion chopped 2 cloves garlic pressed or chopped fine 1 medium to sweet potato diced 3 medium carrots diced 2 cups split peas 1 cup brown lentils 8 cups water 5 bay leaves 4 teas salt 20 grinds of black pepper Instructions Sauté the mushrooms in coconut oil […]
Planting Garlic 2018
/in Garden Journal, Planting/by BethVarieties: Music – 19 cloves (large cloves) Armenian – 16 cloves (about 4 per head, medium to small) German Extra Hardy – 16 Pretty big cloves) Krasnodar Red – 14 (medium fattish cloves) Killarney Red – 18 (quite a few good sized cloves, some small) Northern White – 14 (very large cloves 2 or 3 […]
Apple Sauce & ACV 2018
/in Art & Crafts/by BethI canned 7 pints of apple sauce (& a pint+ fpr the fridge). I got the apples at the farmers market from my favorite guy. One bag of honey crisp and one bag of mixed variety for about 12 pounds of apples. Ingredients: Apples, water, cinnamon (1 teaspoon per 6 lbs). I also used the […]
Cherry Roma
/in Garden Journal/by BethBeans
/in Garden Journal, Harvest/by BethRaspberry Report 2018
/in Garden Journal, Harvest/by BethThe raspberry harvest is picking up on July 4th. I think that’s fairly late, though record keeping is sparse. It looks like a small harvest this year, since the tops of many of the canes didn’t leaf out. The bottoms leafed out and are producing though. My guess is that the many cold days in […]
June Rain
/in Garden Journal, Weather/by BethNice Soaking Rain
/in Garden Journal, Harvest, Weather/by BethMonarch Cocoon
/in Critters, Garden Journal/by BethWe found a monarch cocoon under the bird bath!
Garlic Scapes 2018
/in Garden Journal, Harvest, Recipes/by BethGarlic Scape Pesto recipe:
Basil
/in Garden Journal, Planting, Weather/by BethGarlic Mustard
/in Harvest, Processing, Recipes/by BethWent to a volunteer event at Eloise Butler to pull garlic mustard, and then cooked the stuff for a potluck at Betsy’s. Such a great idea! Betsy had so many dishes. I made quinoa and mixed the garlic mustard into that. I tried a bit of lemon juice and butter on the garlic mustard. Added […]