We had a wonderful squash harvest this year, but now we are having trouble keeping it. Pumpkins and winter squash are suppose to be harvested before the first frost, and allowed to cure in warm temperatures (>80 degrees) in the direct sunlight for a week or two before being put into storage at 50-55 degrees… Continue reading Moldy Squash
Tag: Winter Squash
Our Food
For supper today we had country style ribs from our pigs, cooked in our own barbecue sauce (ours, meaning Kathleen made it and canned it, not that we grew it ourselves), with butternut squash and green beans from our garden. Helping herself to some raw garlic (from our garden) which she chewed up and swallowed.… Continue reading Our Food
Look who’s coming to dinner!
We invited these fine fellows over for supper tonight…
Saturday Night Dinner
Welcome to my inaugural post! My hope is to share with you how we use the bounty we harvest from Three Hearts Farm to feed our family and community. There is something very satisfying about being able to grow and make food for others. This weekend we were had the opportunity to do just that.… Continue reading Saturday Night Dinner
Frost on the punkin?
It is supposed to freeze pretty hard this weekend, so earlier this week we went and stripped the garden. Pretty much the only thing left in their worth salvaging was pumpkin and squash. But we got a good amount of that. Dozens of pumpkins, about a dozen butternut squash, eight or 10 of the giant… Continue reading Frost on the punkin?
Autumn Pumpkins
Yesterday was a very truncated day at the farm, but we still managed to get a good chunk of work done. The tomatoes have been splitting like crazy with all the rain we've been getting, but we still managed to pick three buckets of good ones. Ellie is such a good little tomato washer! We… Continue reading Autumn Pumpkins