We had a very rainy weekend (plus Thursday and Friday). From the very non-scientific measure on my back porch, which is actually a rubbermaid container that holds any veggie scraps we take to the farm, we got about 5+ inches this weekend. It never rained terribly hard, but it was constant.
Something about fall rain makes [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Rainy
Posted in 'Round here, Cannin', Gardening, The Farm on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Freezing without Blanching?
Posted in Freezing, Veggies on September 27, 2008 | 9 Comments »
My parents tell me that they don’t blanch any of their veggies before freezing them anymore. I was under the impression that blanching was a non-negotiable step in the freezing process. Daddy told me that he thinks it has something to do with the quality of freezers these days- that they cool and retain their [...]
Carrots
Posted in Cooking, Gardening, Veggies on September 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I grew two varieties of carrots this year: Red Core Chantenay and Scarlet Keeper. The Chantenays are little short stocky carrots that I grew because of my shallow raised beds. The first ones that I pulled were disappointing in their flavor when I ate them raw- bitter and dry. I’ve still got most of them [...]
Local Surprise
Posted in Lucky finds on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just got back from our local Stop N’ Shop (yeah, just like on Family Guy for you non-New Englanders) where I stopped in to pick up some little preserve jars. I haven’t bought grocery store produce in a few months now, but I usually like to walk through to check to see if they [...]
Sophie
Posted in Taylor on September 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I had a lot of big plans for this weekend. Now I have 5 pounds of beans in my fridge that were supposed to be pickled and a lot of apples rotting on my back porch that were supposed to be apple butter.
But I also have this:
This is Sophie. And sorry for the bad [...]
Know your food sources
Posted in Do Something!, Govt. on September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Laurie at Slowly She Turned wrote a post today asking her readers to take action on a USDA ruling. I’m going to post her entry here in entirity, but I do hope you visit her site if you aren’t reading it already.
Thanks, Laurie!
CLOSE THE COOL LOOPHOLE
Comments due by September 30, 2008
The 2002 and the 2008 [...]
Haying
Posted in 'Round here, Victories! on September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I live quite close to Plymouth (as in Plymouth Rock and the Mayflower), which is a lovely if not kitschy kind of place. Ever since I moved here last year I have had this crush (if you can call it such) on a little piece of land that was somewhat of a mystery to [...]
Piles
Posted in Cannin', Gardening, Veggies on September 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Have you all been waiting with baited breath to see what 40 pounds of tomatoes looks like? (Umm…yeah, it was 40 not 50 THANK GOD.) Please forgive me for not immediately posting a picture, because you can sure bet that I took one the second that I hobbled into the house under the [...]
Over my head
Posted in Cannin', Veggies on September 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I did something potentially stupid, I think. Well, maybe not stupid but certainly overly ambitious.
I’ve been on this quest for tomatoes for a couple of months now. I wanted tomatoes- a lot- to can. I checked with the lady that I got my seedlings from. I checked with the people who run my CSA. I [...]
That tomato
Posted in Gardening, Veggies on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I forgot to mention that on Friday we ate that tomato. It was getting soft and I didn’t think it would last the weekend, so we sliced it and ate it on English muffins spread with a little mayo and dusted with kosher salt and pepper.
I had just finished telling Pete that I wasn’t growing [...]
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