They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
It is that time of year! Winter Squash season! Ellie is well known for the deliciousness of her steamed squash. This is probably related to the fact that she does not believe in skimping on the butter or the brown sugar. First step is to cut the squashes in half and scoop out the seeds… Continue reading Squash and Buttered Roots
You want to see something crazy? Those are blossoms on a raspberry. That is a raspberry cane that we planted last fall, now in its third or fourth flowering this year. This one is already fruiting again. If we can get around to pruning the raspberries this fall, and pulling out all the bindweed and… Continue reading Clean up on Row 6.
Evie and Daddy planted cucurbits last Thursday (Holy Thursday). Four or Five different varieties of winter squash, with two varieties of pumpkin and three rather scrawny looking cucumbers and two absolutely emaciated melons. (We have never had a good melon harvest. I am about ready to give up on them.) It has been unseasonably dry,… Continue reading Cucurbits in the Garden.
As I mentioned in a previous post, our winter squash is beginning to mold and storage, so we are having to accelerate our use of it. Early this week we steamed a pair of butternut squash after cutting off the rotten ends, and got quite a good amount of squash off of it. Left the… Continue reading So Yummy!
Little Farm in the Big City 