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Greens Greens Greens Greens. As far as the eye can see it seems. #harvest2015 (Siberian Kale)
Monday Monday. I trust you had a great time picking up the local bounty at this past weekend's farm stalls and markets, yes? Or do you find yourself overwhelmed with the amounts of greens your garden or your CSA seem to be producing? Fret not my greens loving friend, help is near.
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Zucchini giant circa 2015.
Happy Friday! I trust this note finds you well in the throes of putting up the harvest for the summer. In our parts, it appears summer is almost ready to make a quick exit, but only for a brief time so if you haven't done so already and are able to and find yourself in southern Alberta, you may want to cover the crops tonight. They're calling for that dreaded F word...
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Today is a good day for a harvest picking. It's also a good day for a BBQ. So let's harvest and make a BBQ sauce for said BBQ day, yes? But not just any kind of BBQ sauce, one using ingredients that are plentiful this time of year as a way to preserve that goodness. Enter, the humble rhubarb stalk and ye delicious tart apple from yonder tree.
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Muddy garlic laid out on screens for the 2-week curing period. #harvest2015
We are past the halfway mark of this month of putting up the harvest, and I am playing around with a few ideas for the coming days. But today's post is something I've done for a few years, and is one of those things that if you have the time and can make the effort in the fall, I guarantee you will be glad of the results. See, today we're talking about garlic. Yes, that stuff that wards off vampires. Yes, that glorious bulb of stink that has magical superpowers (antiviral, antibacterial, selenium-ful and I think makes you glow in the dark just about*). It is a super duper low maintenance plant that can look good in veggie patches as well as in flower beds out front. Plus, they deter pests like deer and rabbits and squirrels from invading your patch! It's also something that will keep long into the winter months when properly cured.
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Small harvest of yellow bush beans, destined for the freezer. #harvest2015
Today's post is for those who are growing green/yellow beans in their back yard, as well as for those who are getting in on the good local food deals and buying locally-grown green or yellow beans at their grocery store or farmer's market. As this month has been grooving along, I've been playing with some ideas and trying new things, but this one today, this is something our family used to do when I was growing up.
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