Are you sick of Zucchini yet? After you have baked, sautéed, stuffed, and grilled about as much as you can stand, here are three ways to preserve zucchini so you can enjoy the summer bounty over the winter months. By this time of the year, I stop trying to find new ways to use zucchini…
Canning & Preserving
Preserving the harvest by canning, freezing, dehydrating, storing in a root cellar, or other methods.
Growing Chamomile for Tea
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There is something so comforting to taking a break during the busy day and enjoying a cup of Chamomile tea. I like to add a drop of local honey to sweeten it just a bit. Then I take a deep lingering breath over the cup as the tea steeps and cools down enough to drink. Chamomile…
Harvesting, Curing, and Storing Garlic
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It is always a delicate balance between allowing the garlic to mature to their fullest and going too far. Lifting the garlic too early will result in undersized bulbs that won’t store well. Harvesting too late and you risk the bulbs splitting through their skins leaving them unprotected and unable to withstand long term storage….
Preserving the Harvest
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Garden harvest began ramping up over the last few weeks. Harvests are in excess enough to begin preserving for the winter months. Pole bean production increased and I was able to pick a colander full of beans per day that were washed and stored in the fridge. Tomatoes were harvested all week and placed on…
Storage Potatoes Are Sprouting
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Early this morning, I set off down to the seed starting area in the basement to water on the onion seedlings and start some herb seeds. It is premature yet for herbs that are planted in the garden, but I like to start some in pots to grow at the sunny kitchen windowsill. This way…
Thursday’s Kitchen Cupboard: August 30, 2012
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Every Thursday, Robin at The Gardener of Eden hosts “Thursdays Kitchen Cupboard” where we can share posts on how we are using our garden harvests. Another busy weekend in the kitchen and more jars of preserved garden bounty were added to storage. First on the agenda for Saturday morning was a batch of Zesty Salsa from…
Thursdays Kitchen Cupboard: August 23. 2012
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Every Thursday, Robin at The Gardener of Eden hosts “Thursdays Kitchen Cupboard” where we can share posts on how we are using our garden harvests. Busy weekend in the kitchen again and another case of canned garden goodness was added to storage and a batch of tomato sauce added to the freezer. All the ripe…
Thursdays Kitchen Cupboard: July 26, 2012
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Every Thursday, Robin at The Gardener of Eden hosts “Thursdays Kitchen Cupboard” where we can share posts on how we are using our garden harvests. It was nice to putter in the kitchen this weekend preserving some of the harvest that is now coming out of the garden. Early Sunday morning was much cooler than…
Storage Onions are Done
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I walked down to the basement to tend to my seedlings recently and my nostrils were filled with the smell of onion. A quick check on the storage onions revealed that they were indeed finished: Luckily, not all of these onions went to waste. I brought them upstairs, donned rubber gloves, and salvaged what I…
Gifts from the Garden
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It always ends up as a mad rush to Christmas. No matter how I plan or how early I begin, there is always something that I am scrambling to accomplish before the big day. I was thrilled to be able to share jars of homemade goodies from the garden as gifts this year. I dressed…
Thursdays Kitchen Cupboard: November 3, 2011
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Every Thursday, Robin at The Gardener of Eden hosts “Thursdays Kitchen Cupboard” where we can share posts on how we are using our garden harvests. Full Freezer The only things remaining in the garden last weekend were leeks, green onions, and herbs. I had not harvested them because I was absolutely out of room in…